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Definition of "carillonneur" []

  • A person who plays a carillon. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "carillonneur" in a sentence
  • "Flanders for a _Beiaardier_ -- a _Klokkenist_, as they call a carillonneur in the low countries ...."
  • "But it turns out, if you listen closely enough, you might just catch the carillonneur rockin 'out to a more contemporary tune."
  • "These bells, rising tier above tier in a belfry, the smallest highest, the great, ponderous bells of the bass notes lowest, are not free to swing, but are fixed to huge beams, and are sounded by clappers connected by a wilderness of wires to a keyboard which is played upon by the bell-master or carillonneur."