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Definition ringer

Etymology 1

From Middle English ringere, rynger, ryngar, equivalent to ring (“to sound a bell”) +‎ -er.

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
  2. (mining) A crowbar.

Etymology 2

From ring (“to surround”) +‎ -er.

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
  2. (uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
  3. A ringer T-shirt.

Etymology 3

Probably from ring the changes.

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
  2. (horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
  3. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer.

Etymology 4

Unknown. Probably so named after the custom of ringing a bell to denote the winner of a contest or competition.

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A top performer.
  2. (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
  3. (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.

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