brewer

See also: Brewer

English

Etymology

From Middle English brewere; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/
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  • Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)

Noun

brewer (plural brewers)

  1. Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
      But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

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Noun

brewer

  1. Alternative form of brewere
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