glazer

[ gley-zher ]

/ ˈgleɪ ʒər /

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noun

a person who applies a glaze, as to pottery, baked goods, leather, or fur.

any mechanical device used to apply a glaze.

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Origin of glazer

First recorded in 1375–1425, glazer is from the late Middle English word glauser.See glaze, -er¹

Words nearby glazer

glaur, glaze, glazed, glaze ice, glazement, glazer, glazier, glazier's point, glaziery, glazing, glazing-bar

Other definitions for glazer (2 of 2)

Glazer

[ gley-zer ]

/ ˈgleɪ zər /

noun

Nathan, 1923–2019, U.S. sociologist.

How to use glazer in a sentence

Her show, Chronic Gamer Girl, ran for two seasons starting in 2012 and features Glazer and her guests playing video games.
Gone Gaming!|Sean Culligan|June 9, 2021|Ozy
Glazer’s Lucy gets pregnant, but as the pregnancy progresses, something appears increasingly off about the charming doc, and Lucy sets out to uncover the full story.
The Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2021|Peter Allen Clark|May 12, 2021|Time
In Hulu’s False Positive, Glazer and Justin Theroux play a couple who seek the help of a fertility doctor played by Pierce Brosnan.
The Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2021|Peter Allen Clark|May 12, 2021|Time
The Glazer family owns Manchester United—and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
European Soccer's American Owners Tried to Form a U.S.-Style 'Super League.' It Hasn't Gone Well|Sean Gregory|April 20, 2021|Time

It’s too soon to tell what kind of impact that tax will have, Glazer said.
Tech Is Rising and Tourism Is Tanking, But San Diego Still Banks on the Latter|Ramin Skibba|March 26, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Thankfully Glazer peeled off from the source material—he told me that his co-writer Walter Campbell never even read the book.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’|Jimmy So|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Glazer tells me that he sees the project as a metaphor for looking, of an alien watching and learning.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’|Jimmy So|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Others, like Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, never did.
‘Neoconservative’ Needs to Be Retired. Why Not Try ‘Imperialist’?|Peter Beinart|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Glazer family took a storied soccer team private, and changed the corporate agenda.
Manchester United: The Glazer Family’s Bad Play|Michael Moritz|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The polisher requires to run at a speed much short of that of the stone, or the glazer.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The most important machines outside the working cylinder type are the splitter, and the glazer.
Leather|K. J. Adcock
The tool on which the glazing is performed, is termed a glazer.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Annie Glazer, that is our teacher's name, has engagements which take her on some days, to another family here.
Letters of a Javanese Princess|Raden Adjeng Kartini
The direct and somewhat extensive series of experiments instituted by Glazer, as published in the Deut.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why|Martha M. Allen