name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a brewer of ale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brewer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -uːə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B R UW1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
colloquial term for 'Brewer's Phrase and Fable'
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who brews (vocationally or avocationally); especially, one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors, usually as part of an alemaking or beermaking process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His great-grandfather was the brewer for the estate.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brewster
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A company that brews beer or ale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- By that time, Anheuser-Busch was the largest brewer in the region.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brewery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A player, supporter or other person connected with Burton Albion Football Club.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 8
the owner or manager of a brewery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: manufacturer, producer
noun
Meaning 9
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beer maker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maker, shaper
History
Etymology
From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: garagardogile — someone who brews
- Belarusian: півава́р (pivavár) — someone who brews
- Belarusian: півава́рка (pivavárka) — someone who brews
- Danish: brygger — someone who brews
- Dutch: brouwer — someone who brews
- Finnish: oluenpanija — someone who brews
- French: brasseur — someone who brews
- French: brasseuse — someone who brews
- German: Brauer — someone who brews
- German: Brauerin — someone who brews
- German: Bierbrauer — someone who brews
- German: Bierbrauerin — someone who brews
- Ancient Greek: ζυτοποιός (zutopoiós) — someone who brews
- Hungarian: sörfőző — someone who brews
- Icelandic: bruggari — someone who brews
- Irish: bríbhéir — someone who brews
- Irish: grúdaire — someone who brews
- Italian: birraio — someone who brews
- Italian: birraia — someone who brews
- Latvian: aldaris — someone who brews
- Latvian: aldare — someone who brews
- Lithuanian: alùdaris — someone who brews
- Lithuanian: alùdarė — someone who brews
- Macedonian: пи́вар (pívar) — someone who brews
- Macedonian: пи́варка (pívarka) — someone who brews
- Māori: kaikōpiro — someone who brews
- Māori: kaikōpiro waipiro — someone who brews
- Māori: kaitoroī — someone who brews
- Māori: kaiwhakai — someone who brews
- Norman: bracheux — someone who brews
- Persian: بوزاگر (buzâgar) — someone who brews
- Polish: piwowar — someone who brews
- Portuguese: cervejeiro — someone who brews
- Romanian: berar — someone who brews
- Russian: пивова́р (pivovár) — someone who brews
- Russian: пивова́рка (pivovárka) — someone who brews
- Spanish: cervecero — someone who brews
- Swedish: bryggare — someone who brews
- Ukrainian: пивова́р (pyvovár) — someone who brews
- Ukrainian: пивова́рка (pyvovárka) — someone who brews
- Welsh: bragwr — someone who brews
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