bronzer

From bronze (“to tan skin”) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

bronzer (plural bronzers)

1. A cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan.
   • 1981, Mario Badescu, Mario Badescu's Skin Care Program for Men:

     Bronzers, you see, contain alcohol, which can't help but be drying to the skin.

   • 1984, Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics:

     Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.

   • 2025 January 20, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Brimful of menace? Melania strikes sombre note at Trump inauguration”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     With his signature bronzer, Trump seems to be aiming for a weathered ruggedness, perhaps. He is playing the macho cowboy who just rode into town.

From bronze +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

bronzer

1. (rare) comparative form of bronze: more bronze

From bronze +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ̃.ze/

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bronzer

1. (transitive) to bronze (plate with bronze)
2. (transitive or reflexive) to tan, bronze

   Hyponym: hâler

3. (intransitive) to tan, bronze, catch a tan

   Hyponyms: se griller la couenne, se rôtir la couenne

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• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “bronzer” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “bronzer” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “bronzer” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “bronzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English bronzer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔn.zɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnzɛr
• Syllabification: bron‧zer

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1. bronzer

• bronzer in Polish dictionaries at PWN