glazier

[ gley-zher ]

noun

1. a person who fits windows or the like with glass or panes of glass.

glazier

/ ˈɡleɪzɪə /

noun

1. a person who glazes windows, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈglaziery, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of glazier¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, glazier is from the Middle English word glasier. See glaze, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

The glaziers had more intimate contact with the portrait than anyone else in France.

From Literature

He was working as a glazier and playing a limited-contact flag version of Aussie rules with friends when he was introduced to Chapman.

From Los Angeles Times

Though he was raised by an impoverished working-class couple—his foster father was a glazier—it turns out that his birth father was a general and his mother was an aristocrat.

From Literature

His father was a glazier — a tradesman who works with glass — and his mother was a cleaner, according to the London Daily Telegraph.

From Washington Post

The strike was the union’s first in Western Washington in nearly two decades and followed walkouts by other construction workers in recent years, including crane operators, truck drivers and glaziers.

From Seattle Times