blusher

From blush +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblʌʃɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃɚ

blusher (countable and uncountable, plural blushers)

1. (countable) One who blushes.
2. (countable, uncountable) Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.

   Synonyms: blush, rouge

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

     Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere.

3. (countable) Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.

• → Dutch: blusher

• Buhlers, Bushler, Hublers, burhels

Borrowed from English blusher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblʏ.ʃər/

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• Hyphenation: blu‧sher
• Rhymes: -ʏʃər

blusher m (plural blushers, no diminutive)

1. synonym of blush