Chimer

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Someone who rings a set of tuned bells, especially in a church or tower, to produce a melodic peal
2. A bell-ringer who sounds a chime of tuned bells, often as part of a team in a church tower
3. A person who operates a set of tuned bells to play a musical sequence called a chime

Etymology: Chimer is chime with the agent suffix -er attached, so it names one that chimes. The suffix has a long pedigree. It comes from Latin "-arius", which reached English through Old French "-ier" as Middle English "-er", and English also had its own Old English "-ere" ending on the same path. Chime is the older, more basic part of the word, and the combination is a plain formation with no special story behind it.

Synonyms: ringer, bell-ringer