blazer

Significado (Inglés)

  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.

Sinónimos

sport coat

sports coat

suit jacket

coloured striped coat

club jacket

Traducciones

blazer

αδιακρισία

αθλητικό σακκάκι

giacca sportiva

Klubjacke

χρωματιστή ζακέτα

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈbleɪzə/
Etimología (Inglés)

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”).

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