Brewer
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
"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."
- 2 A player, supporter or other person connected with Burton Albion Football Club.
- 3 the owner or manager of a brewery wordnet
- 4 A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.
- 5 someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a brewer of ale.
- 2 A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
- 3 colloquial term for 'Brewer's Phrase and Fable'
Example
More examples"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."
Etymology
From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.
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