ringer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
    toller; bell ringer.
  2. noun a person who is almost identical to another
    clone; dead ringer.
  3. noun a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
  4. noun (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

WordNet

Ring"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
  2. (Mining) A crowbar. Simmonds.
Ring"er noun
Definitions
  1. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.

Webster 1913