# blazer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbleɪzə/ · frequency rank #20,299

## Definitions
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. One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
6. One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
7. An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
8. A con or swindle.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-buzzer)
- **blower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-blower)
- **brazen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-brazen)
- **braver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-braver)
- **blazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-blazes)
- **boozer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-boozer)
- **blitzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazer-vs-blitzer)
- **blame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blame-vs-blazer)
- **baker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-blazer)
- **blade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blade-vs-blazer)
- **blake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blazer)
- **Blair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blair-vs-blazer)
- **blaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaze-vs-blazer)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bauer-vs-blazer)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bayer-vs-blazer)
- **blamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blamed-vs-blazer)
- **blades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blades-vs-blazer)
- **beaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaver-vs-blazer)
- **blames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blames-vs-blazer)
- **bearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-blazer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`balzer`, `bblazer`, `blaezr`, `blazerr`, `blazre`, `blazzer`, `bllazer`, `blzaer`, `lbazer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blazer