blazer

[ bley-zer ]

noun

1. something that blazes blaze or shines brightly.
2. a sports jacket, usually a solid color or striped, having metal buttons and sometimes an insignia on the breast pocket, as one worn by a member of a club, school, or the like.
3. a small cooking apparatus using as its source of heat a spirit lamp, hot coals, etc., used especially for preparing food at the table or outdoors.

blazer

/ ˈbleɪzə /

noun

1. a fairly lightweight jacket, often striped or in the colours of a sports club, school, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of blazer¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; blaze ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Thompson is a practicing lawyer, not afraid of a leopard-print blazer.

From Time

My blazer and dress shoes felt like an old suit of armor in need of oiling.

From Washington Post

There are expectations K Street’s offices will start opening soon, and, personally, I sent out dry-cleaning last week in the hopes I’ll need more than my go-to blazer for Zoom interviews.

From Time

It is also necessary because Levine spent three hours sitting behind a table, wearing a patterned blazer, a string of pearls, eyeglasses and a graying haircut.

From Washington Post

I buy blazers with three-quarter sleeves not because they’re stylish, but because they won’t require tailoring.

From Washington Post

Get your own tailored tuxedo blazer to traipse around town in.

From The Daily Beast

The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

From The Daily Beast

Despite it being under the same roof as Vladimir Putin, a pink blazer is just a pink blazer.

From The Daily Beast

A powder-blue blazer with a patch reading “All-Time All-American” hung in a clear plastic bag from the closet doorknob.

From The Daily Beast

In the back of a limo, wearing a plaid blazer, Quast raises his drink and says with a wink, “you stay classy, Iowa.”

From The Daily Beast

Blazer contingent has moved up closer; they pretend to recognise me as "Cousin Bill."

From Project Gutenberg

Do you see that orange-and-black striped blazer—there by the seaweed: he's pointing; that's Philip Lacey.

From Project Gutenberg

"It was my old school blazer," he told her in a gentle voice, not to interrupt too much the current of her thoughts.

From Project Gutenberg

In impatient haste he tossed out some old novels, caps, a blazer, a roll of moth-eaten bunting.

From Project Gutenberg

He was still wearing the blue blazer and khakis he wore on the days that he was consulting in Silicon Valley.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• coat
• jacket