BLAZER

blazer, sport jacket, sport coat, sports jacket, sports coat

(noun) lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blazer (plural blazers)

A semi-formal jacket.

A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).

Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.

The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.

(slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.

(archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.

(slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.

A con or swindle.

Anagrams

• Balzer, Brazel

Proper noun

Blazer (plural Blazers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blazer is the 11368th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2775 individuals. Blazer is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Balzer, Brazel

Source: Wiktionary


Blaz"er, n.

Definition: One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. "Blazers of crime." Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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