Brazier
/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.
Example
More examples"This antique brazier no longer has any real utility."
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.