blusher

blush +‎ -er

• Rhymes: -ʌʃə(r)

blusher (plural blushers)

1. Agent noun of blush; one who blushes.
2. Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 9,

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

• (face makeup): blush, rouge

• Buhlers, Bushler, Hublers, burhels