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blazer¹
- /ˈbleɪzə/ UK
- /ˈbleɪzəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From blaze (“to reflect or send forth a bright light; (figurative) to be conspicuous; etc.”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Blaze is derived from blaze (“fire”, noun), from Middle English blase (“a flame, blaze; a firebrand, torch; a bright light”), from Old English blæse, blase (“a flame, blaze; a firebrand, torch”) (whence Old English blæsere, blasere (“one who burns, burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā (“a flame, blaze; a firebrand, torch”), from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“a torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blaze, burn; to be bright, shine; bright flame, fire; shiny; white”).
noun blazers
- A very bright or hot day. The day comes—a blazer, cloudless blue, not a breath stirring the pine-branches; […]
- A dish used to cook directly over the coals of a brazier, or the flame of a chafing dish lamp. [I]t was evident to him that Mrs. Nichols in branching out did not intend to banish the Welsh rarebit, the oysters in cream, and other delicacies which Tom prided himself on being able to prepare on a blazer so skilfully that the mouths of his friends never ceased to water until the alcohol-lamp wen
- A flat metal piece placed against a fire grate to cause the fire to blaze by creating a draught; a blower. From the neighbouring colleries the miners had come in crowds—men, women, and children. The women and children were many of them armed with "blazers" and tin-cans, which they used as cymbals, to the accompaniment of groans, yells, and howls directed against the motley gang of evictors.
- A comet.
- A tailored jacket, cut like a suit jacket but worn without matching trousers or skirt, and either in a solid colour (especially navy, often with metal, crested, or otherwise contrasting buttons), or in the colours/stripes and often with the badge on the breast pocket of a school, club, or team, whose membership it signals. Rowing is, in truth, second to none among our national athletic diversions, and Henley Regatta is the chief rowing tournament of the year. […] [T]he visitors' cup of enjoyment can hardly be fuller. The drive to the river, the gentle pull down stream, or the tow up to the famous reach; the pic-nic up
- Any suit-style jacket for women.
- An older member of a sports club, often with conservative or old-fashioned views.
- A person or thing that blazes a trail; a pioneer, a trailblazer. a blazer of paths
- Often in the form run a blazer: a con, a swindle. The disfigurement was so plainly obvious that it seemed evident the rustlers planned to run a blazer on us by undertaking to cut them [cattle] on the spring round-up under cover of a gun bluff.
- Someone or something that draws attention. T' other gal is likely enough, but the mother's a blazer! Whoever marries Emmy, had better look out for his ears. The mill-clack is nothing to the old woman's tongue.
- One who blazes (“smokes marijuana”); a stoner.
blazer²
- /ˈbleɪzə/ UK
- /ˈbleɪzəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English blasour (“one who over-praises”), from blasen (“to blow; to sound a blast”) + -our (suffix forming agent nouns). Blasen is possibly derived from Old English *blǣsan (“to blow”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from *bʰel- (“to blow; to swell up”). By surface analysis, blaze (“to blow (a trumpet); to announce publicly, publish”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
noun blazers
- One who blazes (“announces or proclaims something publicly”); an announcer, a herald, a proclaimer. VVithin the Barbican a Porter ſate, / Day and night duely keeping vvatch and vvard, / Nor vvight, nor vvord mote paſſe out of the gate, / But in good order, and vvith devv regard; / Vtterers of ſecrets he from thence debard, / Bablers of folly, and blazers of cryme.
blazer³
- /ˈbleɪzə/ UK
- /ˈbleɪzəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English blaseyr (“one who blazons coats of arms”), probably from blasen (“to inscribe with armorial bearings, emblazon; to blazon a coat of arms”) + -er, -ir (suffix forming agent nouns). Blasen is probably derived from blason, blasoun (“shield usually with a coat of arms; coat of arms”), from Old French blason (“shield; coat of arms”) (modern French blason); further etymology uncertain, probably from Frankish *blãsjan (“to light up, brighten, illuminate”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā (“a flame, blaze; a firebrand, torch”) (see further at etymology 1). By surface analysis, blaze (“(heraldry) to blazon”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
noun blazers
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Synonym of blazoner (“one who blazons (“describes”) coats of arms; a herald”).
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Similar: blazoner
Blazer⁴
proper noun Blazers
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sports jacket, sports coat, jacket, coat, vest, trail, flamer, blouson, blouse, suit jacket, suitcoat, monkey jacket, sportcoat, tuxedo, half-jacket, flight jacket
Translations
Every language
noun lightweight semi-formal jacket
| Español | blazer, saco, vestón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 블레이저 beulleijeo |
| 日本語 | ブレザー burezā |
| 中文 | 布雷澤外套 /布雷泽外套 bùléizéwàitào, 小西裝 /小西装 xiǎoxīzhuāng, 西裝外套 /西装外套 xīzhuāngwàitào |
| हिन्दी | ब्लेज़र blezar |
| Português | blazer, blêizer |
| Français | blazer |
| Deutsch | Blazer |
| Italiano | blazer, giacca |
| Română | blazer |
| Русский | бле́йзер blɛ́jzer |
| العربية | بلزر |
| עברית | מִקְטֹרֶן miqtóren |
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