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name
A surname originating as an occupation. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a brewer of ale.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Thomas County, Kansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; named after Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small village, the county seat of Blaine County, Nebraska.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Putnam County, New York.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Stark County, Ohio.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Okanogan County, Washington.
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name
A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia.
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noun
A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10−12 m2/N or 10−12 Pa−1. Symbol: B.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A female brewer.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
A brewer (of either sex).
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Usage: Scotland, UK
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History
After David Brewster.
Circa 1300, from Middle English brewestere; equivalent to brew + -ster.
