Skip to main content

bellman

/bel-muhn/US // ˈbɛl mən //UK // (ˈbɛlmən) //

铃铛人,铃人,铃木人,钟点工

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bell·men.

    • : a bellhop.
    • : a person who carries or rings a bell, especially a town crier or watchman.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Rest assured, the bellman is not sticking a cotton tip up your nose.

  • They were a very old family with whom Snecky Hobart, the bellman, lodged.

  • Trump was a game played with cards, as will appear by the following passage of Dekker's "Bellman of London," 1608, sig.

  • I can't send a bellman about, to cry aloud and proclaim in the streets what you are pleased to call my heroism.

  • The three signing their names are probably what we called bellman and beemen, collector, and heads of the swarm-enthusiasts.

  • In a very little while I was again walking by the Bellman House, completely togged out in new apparel from head to heel.