chimer
nounEtymology From chime + -er.
1
A bell that chimes.
- She brushed a few drops from her lashes as the sweet little chimer rang out ten bells;2004, Emma Wolf, Other Things Being Equal:
2
A person who rings chimes on bells.
- 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.2001, J. Robert Wright, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue: