6 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
originFrom blaze + -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0