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 ; astoner . - 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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Examples
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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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
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The blazer is for going to work and the F-150 is for buisness.
Ford or Chevy? 2009
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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
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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
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The blazer is for going to work and the F-150 is for buisness.
Ford or Chevy? 2009
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