Other forms: brewers
A brewer is somebody whose trade is making beer. A local brewer, the brewer's yeast, work as a brewer.
It was largely women's work for centuries — the alewife brewed at home and sold the surplus — until brewing became an industry and the trade passed to men. Brewer's yeast is the strain used, and it is sold as a supplement too.
1nounbrewerSomebody whose trade is making beer.
“The local brewer makes a light beer flavoured with honey.”
brewer is a trade.
Brew plus -er, from Old English breowan, from a Germanic root meaning to boil or ferment.
Middle English
brewere
English, today
brewer
From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.
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