blazer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: blaz=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

blazer, n. 

 One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

blazer, n. 

•  Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A light jacket, usually of wool or silk and of a bright color, for wear at tennis, cricket, or other sport.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brasier.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blazer, n.
1 a coloured, often striped, summer jacket worn by schoolchildren, sportsmen, etc., esp. as part of a uniform.
2 a man's plain jacket, often dark blue, not worn with matching trousers.

Etymology

BLAZE(1) + -ER(1)

THESAURUS

blazer

Eton jacket, Mao jacket, blouse, body coat, bolero, bomber jacket, capuchin, car coat, chaqueta, chesterfield, claw hammer, claw-hammer coat, cutaway coat, dinner jacket, doublet, dress coat, duffel, fingertip coat, fitted coat, frock, frock coat, jerkin, jumper, jupe, loden coat, mackinaw, mess jacket, midicoat, monkey jacket, parka, pea jacket, reefer, sack, san benito, ski jacket, sleeve waistcoat, smoking jacket, spiketail coat, swallowtail, tabard, tail coat, tails, watch coat, windbreaker, woolly