Usually means: Energetic, jet-emitting active galactic nucleus.
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  1. blazar: Merriam-Webster
  2. Blazar, blazar: Wordnik
  3. blazar: Wiktionary
  4. blazar: Dictionary.com
  5. Blazar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. blazar: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Blazar: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Blazar: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. BLAZAR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (blazar)

noun:  (astronomy) A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy.
noun:  (astronomy) An object which is either an optically violent variable quasar (OVV quasar) or a BL Lac object or which has properties of both.

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