Brewer
['bruːə] or ['bruɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the owner or manager of a brewery.
(noun.) someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water.
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Definition
(n.) One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
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Examples
- Brewer says, 'Oh dear! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Revived by soup, Twemlow discourses mildly of the Court Circular with Boots and Brewer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They all crowd to the door, to see Brewer off. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In these inspiring moments, Brewer strikes out an idea which is the great hit of the day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Brewer shakes his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What does Brewer say? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By degrees he made friends in the neighbourhood, and in 1887 he married the daughter of a local brewer, by whom he now has two children. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He then begs to make his dear Twemlow known to his two friends, Mr Boots and Mr Brewer--and clearly has no distinct idea which is which. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Put him along then,' says Brewer; 'House of Commons. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Brewer says to his driver, 'Now, is your horse pretty fresh? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her father was a country gentleman down in your part of the world, and was a brewer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Boots and Brewer immediately perceive that it is immensely worth mentioning, and become politely clamorous. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Accordingly, Brewer, as the man who has the greatest reputation to sustain, becomes the interpreter of the general instinct. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Boots and Brewer go about in cabs, with no other intelligible business on earth than to beat up people to come and dine with the Veneerings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Lydgate has been living at a great rate for a young beginner, said Mr. Harry Toller, the brewer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was able to tell the English brewers the defects in their output by a microscopic examination of their yeast. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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