blazer

Significat (Anglès)

1. A semi-formal jacket.
2. A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
3. Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
4. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
5. (US, slang) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
6. (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
7. (UK, slang) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
8. A con or swindle.

Conceptes

americana

gec

jaqueta

Sinònims

sports jacket

sport coat

sport jacket

jacket

sports coat

suit jacket

coat

🧥

coloured striped coat

club jacket

Traduccions

blazer

Blazer

blazer

blazer

αδιακρισία

blazer

chaqueta

blêizer

veston

αθλητικό σακκάκι

Klubjacke

colbert

giacca sportiva

jasje

boating jacket

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbleɪzə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès antic: blæsere

In summary

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”).