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bellman Definition

bell·man (bel′mən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  1. town crier
  2. ☆ bellhop

bellman Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • common: Back to top THE COMMON BELLMAN John Stevens, our present Common bellman was adopted by the Freemen of Alnwick in 2003.

Modifies a noun

  • round: I sent the bellman round to announce our meeting, and we certainly had a good meeting.
bellman Quotes

'What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones and Meridian lines?' So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply, 'Theyare merely conventional signs!'

—Dodgson