[f. BLAZE v.1 + -ER1.]
1. Anything that blazes or shines; as a comet (obs.), or (familiarly) a very bright day.
a. 1635. Corbet, Poems (1807). Thus we leave the blazers coming over.
1875. Miss Braddon, Hostages Fort., I. iii. 88. The day … a blazer, cloudless blue.
b. A light jacket of bright color worn at cricket or other sports.
1880. Times, 19 June, 11/6. Men in spotless flannel and club-‘blazers’ in every combination of colour.
1885. Durham Univ. Jrnl., 2 Feb., 91. The latest novelty … for the river is flannels, a blazer, and spats.
