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{{also|Blower}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|blowere}}, {{m|enm|blower}}, from {{inh|en|ang|blāwere}}; equivalent to {{suffix|en|blow|er|id2=agent noun}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbləʊɚ/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-blower.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊɚ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A person who [[blow]]s.
#: {{hypo|en|glassblower|whistleblower}}
# {{lb|en|mining}} A fissure from which [[firedamp]] issues, often in quantity for many years.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1843|author=Humphry Davy|title=On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspl.1815.0024||issue=31 December 1833 volume 2, republished online 1 January 1997||text=The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are '''blowers''' or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years}}
# Any [[device]] that blows; often, especially, a [[furnace]] component or a [[supercharger]].
#: {{hypo|en|bubble blower|dry blower|leaf blower|party blower|snow blower|soot blower|tear blower}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1942|month=July–August|author=Philip Spencer|title=On the Footplate in Egypt|journal=Railway Magazine|page=208|text=The locomotive {{...}} was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the '''blower''' told of the proximity of departure time.}}
## A ducted [[fan]], usually part of a [[heating]], [[ventilation]], and/or [[air conditioning]] system.
# {{lb|en|slang|chiefly|British|New Zealand|Australian|Ireland|usually preceded by {{m|en|the}}}} [[telephone|Telephone]].
#: ''Get on the '''blower''' and call headquarters right away!''
## {{lb|en|slang|UK, Ireland|historical}} A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a [[bookmaker]]'s shop via [[loudspeaker]].
# {{lb|en|dated}} A [[braggart]], or loud talker.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|editor=John Harmon McElroy|title=The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War|page=29
|passage=There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and '''blowers''' among these old-young American militaires.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[whale]]; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
# A small [[fish]] of the [[Atlantic]] coast, {{taxlink|Sphoeroides maculatus|species}}; the [[puffer]].

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|hornblower|Hornblower|mindblower|safeblower|snowblower|stoneblower|whistle-blower|blower door|smoke blower|smoke-blower}}

====Related terms====
* {{sense|equipment blowing air to fire}} {{l|en|blowpipe}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|духач|m}}, {{t+|bg|тръбач}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bläser|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|soffiatore|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|үйлөөчү|sc=Cyrl}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|assoprador|m}}, {{t|pt|soprador}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дуть|alt=ду́ющий}}, {{t+|ru|труба́ч|m}} {{qualifier|trumpeter}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|chwythwr|m}}
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{{trans-top|device}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|духало|n}}, {{t+|bg|вентилатор|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鼓風機|tr=gǔfēngjī}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|fukar|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhallin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ventilateur|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gebläse|n}}, {{t+|de|Bläser|m}}, {{t+|de|Lüfter|m}} (fan), {{t+|de|Ventilator|m}} (fan), {{t+|de|Föhn|m}} (hairdryer)
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מפוח|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|séidire|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ブロワー|tr=burowā|sc=Jpan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dmuchawa}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|soprador}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|фен|m}} {{qualifier|hairdryer}}, {{t+|ru|вентиля́тор|m}} {{qualifier|fan}}, {{t+|ru|воздуходу́вка|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fuelle|m}}, {{t+|es|ventilador|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|фен|m}} {{qualifier|hairdryer}}, {{t+|uk|вентиля́тор|m}} {{qualifier|fan}}, {{t|uk|повітроду́вка|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|chwythwr|m}}
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{{trans-see|telephone}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=belorw|Bowler|Wrobel|bowler|worble}}

{{C|en|Tetraodontiforms|Whales}}

==Indonesian==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|id|en|blower}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|[ˈblowər]}}
* {{hyphenation|id|blo|wêr}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun|head=|pl=blower-blower}}

# {{l|en|blower}}: a ducted [[fan]], usually part of a [[heating]], [[ventilation]], and/or [[air conditioning]] system.

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|blowere}}