blower

See also: Blower

English

Etymology

From Middle English blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -əʊə(r)

Noun

blower (plural blowers)

1. A person who blows.
2. Any device that blows.
3. (slang, chiefly British, usually preceded by the) Telephone.

   Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!

4. A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
5. (dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
6. The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
7. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, ; the puffer.

Translations

person

• Bulgarian: духач m (duhač), тръбач (bg) (trǎbač)
• German: Bläser (de) m
• Italian: soffiatore m
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• Kyrgyz: үйлөөчү (ky) (üylööcü)
• Portuguese: assoprador (pt) m, soprador
• Russian: ду́ющий (ru) (dújuščij), труба́ч (ru) m (trubáč) (trumpeter)

device

• Bulgarian: духало (bg) n (duhalo), вентилатор m (ventilator)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓風機／鼓风机 (zh) (gǔfēngjī), 鼓风机 (zh) (gǔfēngjī)

• Czech: fukar m
• Finnish: puhallin (fi)
• French: ventilateur (fr) m
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• German: Gebläse (de) n, Bläser (de) m, Lüfter (de) m (fan), Ventilator (de) m (fan), Föhn (de) m (hairdryer)
• Japanese: ブロワー (burowā)
• Polish: dmuchawa (pl)
• Portuguese: soprador
• Russian: фен (ru) m (fen) (hairdryer), вентиля́тор (ru) m (ventiljátor) (fan), воздуходу́вка (ru) f (vozduxodúvka)
• Spanish: fuelle (es) m, ventilador (es) m

telephone — see telephone

Anagrams

• Bowler, Wrobel, bowler, worble

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• blawer, blauere, blowere

Etymology

From Old English blāwere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔu̯ər(ə)/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑu̯ər(ə)/

Noun

blower (plural blowers)

1. A player of a wind instrument.
2. (rare) One who blows a bellows.
3. (rare) A tool or instrument used by blowing.
4. (rare) A person who converses in a vain or crude way.

Descendants

• English: blower
• Scots: blawer

References

• “blouere (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.