Glazier
/ˈɡleɪʒəɹ/ adj, name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
""In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,” says an old writer—of whose works I possess the only copy extant—“it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier.""
- 2 someone who cuts flat glass to size wordnet
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of glazy: more glazy comparative, form-of
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a glazier.
Antonyms
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More examples"Getting cut is one of the occupational hazards of being a glazier."
Etymology
From Middle English glazier, glasier, glasyer, glasiere, variants (due to influence from words in -yer) of Middle English glaser, equivalent to glass + -er.