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Brewster

//ˈbɹustɚ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a brewer of ale.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Thomas County, Kansas.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; named after Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A small village, the county seat of Blaine County, Nebraska.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Putnam County, New York.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Stark County, Ohio.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Okanogan County, Washington.
  5. 10
    A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B.
  2. 2
    A female brewer. archaic
  3. 3
    A brewer (of either sex). British, Scotland

Etymology

Etymology 1

After David Brewster.

Etymology 2

Circa 1300, from Middle English brewestere; equivalent to brew + -ster.

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