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Noun: ringer  ring-u(r)
  1. A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
    - toller, bell ringer
     
  2. A person who is almost identical to another
    - dead ringer, clone
     
  3. A contestant entered in a competition under false pretences
     
  4. (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

Sounds like: ringing, wriringer, w

Derived forms: ringers

Type of: double, fake, faker, fraud, image, imposter, impostor, look-alike, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, signaler [US], signaller, throw

Encyclopedia: Ringer, Paul