A person who makes or manufactures bells; a craftsperson skilled in bell-making.
Compound word from 'bell' (Old English 'bellan') and 'maker' (Old English 'macian' meaning to construct). This occupational term dates to the Middle Ages when bell-making was a respected craft.
Medieval bell-makers were like the Silicon Valley engineers of their time—they were highly valued specialists whose work required metallurgical knowledge, artistic skill, and mathematical precision to get the acoustics right.
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