Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A lightweight sports jacket having pockets and notched lapels.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Anything that blazes, or is intensely luminous or hot: as, the day was a blazer.
  • noun A dish under which there is a receptacle for coals to keep it hot.
  • noun A bright-colored loose coat, usually of flannel, worn by tennis- and cricket-players.
  • noun One who blazes; one who publishes and spreads reports: as, “blazers of cryme,”
  • noun A blazoner.
  • noun One who blazes a tree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.
  • noun Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
  • noun A light jacket, usually of wool or silk and of a bright color, for wear at tennis, cricket, or other sport.
  • noun The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brasier.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A semi-formal, casual jacket.
  • noun A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
  • noun slang, US One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
  • noun archaic One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
  • noun slang, UK An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

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From blaze +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • "The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats.

    VinceKeenan.com 2008

  • The blazer is for going to work and the F-150 is for buisness.

    Ford or Chevy? 2009

  • Suit jackets, the bottom of the blazer is way too short.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Prospective Colorist #1: Emily 2009

  • His trousers are always freshly pressed, his blazer is immaculate, his shoes are polished mirror-bright, and he is every inch a terror.

    Feeling Funny? Roger Sutton 2009

  • The blazer is for going to work and the F-150 is for buisness.

    Ford or Chevy? 2009

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