blusher

noun — 3 senses

blusher

noun

/ˈblʌʃɚ/

Etymology From blush + -er.

1

One who blushes.

2

Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.

  • 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.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
3

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

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