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glazier

/ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)//ˈɡleɪʒəɹ/

glazier noun: one who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc. Also the comparative form of glazy.

Noun

glazier (plural glaziers)

  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...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 10

Proper noun capitalized: Glazier

Glazier (plural Glaziers)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a glazier.

Also used as

glazier is also the comparative form of glazy.

glazier meaning in Indonesian and Persian

glazier in Indonesian

craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc
tukang kaca

glazier in Persian

craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc
شیشه بر šiše-bor

Forms of glazier

Noun
pluralglaziers
Proper noun
pluralGlaziers

Origin of glazier

From Middle English glazier, glasier, glasyer, glasiere, variants (due to influence from words in -yer) of Middle English glaser, equivalent to glass + -er.

Words formed from glazier

Questions about glazier

What does glazier mean?
Glazier means one who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
What is glazier in Indonesian?
Glazier in Indonesian is tukang kaca. See Glazier meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is glazier?
Glazier can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce glazier?
Glazier is pronounced /ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of glazier?
The plural of glazier is glaziers.

Words near glazier in the dictionary

  1. glazery
  2. glazes
  3. glazes over
  4. glazes up
  5. glazework
  6. glazier
  7. glazier's fallacy
  8. glazier's point
  9. glazier's points
  10. glazier's putties
  11. glazier's putty

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