brazier
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Definition of brazier
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A worker in brass; a brassworker.
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noun
- A worker in brass; a brassworker.
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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
- 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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