blazer

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

sports jacket

sport coat

sport jacket

jacket

sports coat

suit jacket

coat

🧥

coloured striped coat

club jacket

Translations

blazer

Blazer

blazer

blazer

αδιακρισία

blazer

chaqueta

αθλητικό σακκάκι

jasje

giacca sportiva

veston

Klubjacke

colbert

blêizer

veste

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbleɪzə/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: 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”).