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brazier
/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/UK/ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/US/ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/
noun
What it means
- A worker in brass; a brassworker.
Synonyms: brassworker
In a sentence
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).
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Where it comes from
- Old Englishbrasian
- Middle Englishbrasiere
- Englishbrazier
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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