chimer

English

Etymology 1

chime + -er

Noun

chimer (plural chimers)

  1. A bell that chimes.
    • 2004, Emma Wolf, Other Things Being Equal:
      She brushed a few drops from her lashes as the sweet little chimer rang out ten bells;
  2. A person who rings chimes on bells.
    • 2001, J. Robert Wright, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue:
      The venerable Dr. George W. Warren, who had recently retired, was “honorary organist,” and Alfred Toulmin continued as harpist and bell chimer, a post he had held for 30 years.

Noun

chimer (plural chimers)

  1. Alternative form of chimere (bishop's robe)

Anagrams

Romanian

Noun

chimer n (plural chimere)

  1. Alternative form of chimir

Declension

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