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glozer

/ˈɡləʊzə(ɹ)/

glozer noun: a glosser; one who covers things in gloss.

Noun

glozer (plural glozers)

  1. (obsolete) A glosser; one who covers things in gloss.
  2. (obsolete) A flatterer.
    • To toss the buckler and the blade,
      Lewd women to entice:
      Are not these virtues most esteemed
      And had in greatest price:
      To lend each man a friendly look,
      And use the glozer's art,
      In outward show to bear good will,
      And hate him with our heart1580, Humphrey Gifford, A Posie of Gilloflowers Each Differing from Other in Colour and Odour, Yet All Sweet

Forms of glozer

pluralglozers

Origin of glozer

Inherited from Middle English gloser, glosour, from Anglo-Norman glosor; by surface analysis, gloze + er.

Questions about glozer

What does glozer mean?
Glozer means a glosser; one who covers things in gloss.
What part of speech is glozer?
Glozer is a noun.
How do you pronounce glozer?
Glozer is pronounced /ˈɡləʊzə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of glozer?
The plural of glozer is glozers.

Words near glozer in the dictionary

  1. gloxinias
  2. Gloyd
  3. Gloyds
  4. gloze
  5. glozed
  6. glozer
  7. glozers
  8. glozes
  9. glozing
  10. glozingly
  11. glozings

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