blazer
noun /ˈbleɪzə(r)/
/ˈbleɪzər/
- a jacket, not worn with matching trousers, often showing the colours or badge of a club, school, team, etc.
- He was smartly dressed in a blazer and slacks.
- a school blazer
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlazer is used before these nouns:- badge
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from blaze ‘burn brightly’ + -er. The original general sense was ‘a thing that blazes or shines’ (mid 17th cent.), giving rise to the term for a brightly coloured sporting jacket.