blazer

== English == === Etymology === From blaze +‎ -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbleɪzə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbleɪzɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ) === Noun === blazer (plural blazers) A semi-formal jacket. A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route). Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier. (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner. (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad. (slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views. A con or swindle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Balzer, Brazel == Catalan == === Noun === blazer m (plural blazers) blazer (jacket) == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblei̯ser/, [ˈble̞i̯s̠e̞r] Rhymes: -eiser === Noun === blazer alternative spelling of bleiseri (“blazer”) (type of jacket) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bla.zœʁ/ === Noun === blazer m (plural blazers) blazer (jacket) === Further reading === “blazer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bla‧zer === Noun === blazer m (plural blazers) alternative spelling of blêizer === Further reading === “blazer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “blazer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English blazer. === Noun === blazer n (plural blazere) blazer ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blazer. === Noun === blazer m (plural blazeres) blazer ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “blazer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025