brewer

From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew +‎ -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)

brewer (plural brewers)

1. Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     Danish brewer Carlsberg (CABGY)plans to send its CEO, a spokesman confirmed.

• homebrewed

• Werber, rebrew

brewer

1. alternative form of brewere