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

She braved the rain during a walk with her son about an hour earlier, and still sports a mildly damp blazer atop her black T-shirt.

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“His office is right here, sir,” the woman said, looking over the top of her reading glasses and inspecting Daddy’s medium-gray three-button blazer and matching vest, charcoal-colored tie, and brown leather church shoes.

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The collection was then tucked away into FIDM’s archives until Frank’s colleague posted one of the blazers on Instagram, highlighting the garment’s mesh of “Victorian-style piecework and embroidery with precision mitered tailoring.”

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One shows a man dressed in a blazer standing outside its gate with a group of what appear to be doctors in hospital scrubs.

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Clad in a blue blazer, black sweater and neck tie, Sarkozy walked down a cobblestone pathway where he was greeted by his children and a crowd of applauding supporters.

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Related Words

• coat 
• jacket