brazier

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
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/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/ · /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/(US)

Definition of brazier

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A worker in brass; a brassworker.
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noun

  1. A worker in brass; a brassworker.
  2. An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
    “One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).”
    “At almost any time, while the boats weigh anchor, a small party can be seen in the stern, clustering about a charcoal brazier- a woman busy dishing out bowls of soup and macaroni, and men in palm-leaf hats, their bronzed bodies stripped to the waist, hurriedly scooping up steaming threads with the aid of long wooden chop-sticks.”

name

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.

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Etymology

From Middle English brasiere, from brasen (“to cover with brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.

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