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hazer

American  
[hey-zer] / ˈheɪ zər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that hazes.

  2. a horse rider who assists in rodeo bulldogging by riding on the opposite side of the steer as the competing cowboy to keep the steer running in a straight path.


Etymology

Origin of hazer

First recorded in 1895–1900; haze 2 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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I took a bleak sort of pride in making the house’s worst hazer laugh so hard he had to leave the room, but I couldn’t see my shucking and jiving for what it was.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2015

One Direction: Take Me Home – review Purple hazer: the many lives of Gil Evans Extreme noise terror!

From The Guardian Nov. 8, 2012

Purple hazer: the many lives of Gil Evans One Direction: Take Me Home – review Extreme noise terror!

From The Guardian Nov. 8, 2012

The steer starts from a tight chute between two horse pens, one for the bulldogger and the other for the "hazer," the rider who keeps the running steer close to the wrestler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Andreas de Tapia by way of joke proposed the following: A questo tiro a mi ver Muchos necios a de hazer.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

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