"blazer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbleɪzə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbleɪzɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-blazer.wav , En-au-blazer.ogg Forms: blazers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ) Etymology: From blaze + -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blaze|er|id2=agent noun}} blaze + -er, {{cog|ang|blæsere}} Old English blæsere Head templates: {{en-noun}} blazer (plural blazers)
  1. A semi-formal jacket. Translations (semiformal jacket): kleurbaadjie (Afrikaans), skoolbaadjie (Afrikaans), бле́йзър (bléjzǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), blejzr [masculine] (Czech), blazer (Dutch), bleiser (Estonian), bleiseri (Finnish), klubitakki (Finnish), blazer [masculine] (French), Blazer [masculine] (German), מִקְטֹרֶן (miqtóren) [masculine] (Hebrew), blézer (Hungarian), giacca [feminine] (Italian), blazer (Italian), ブレザー (burezā) (Japanese), блејзер (blejzer) [masculine] (Macedonian), ब्लेझर (blejhar) [masculine] (Marathi), blezer [masculine] (Polish), blazer [masculine] (Portuguese), blêizer [masculine] (Portuguese), бле́йзер (blɛ́jzer) [masculine] (Russian), blazer [masculine] (Spanish), vestón [masculine] (Spanish), saco [masculine] (Spanish), бле́йзер (bléjzer) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
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  3. Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
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  4. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
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  5. (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner. Tags: US, slang
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  6. (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad. Tags: archaic
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  7. (slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views. Tags: UK, slang
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  8. A con or swindle.
    Sense id: en-blazer-en-noun-S-8QkONE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blazered, blazerless, trailblazer Related terms: blazar

Inflected forms

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