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Brazier

//ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

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

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)."
3
large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.

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