Brewer Meaning
/ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
nounA player, supporter or other person connected with Burton Albion Football Club.
Sentence Examples
Her father is a brewer.
He is a brewer of beer by trade.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The local ____ uses traditional methods to create his award-winning beer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local ____ makes several different types of dark and light beer.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
"Danish brewer Carlsberg (CABGY)plans to send its CEO, a spokesman confirmed."
— 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The local ____ uses traditional methods to create his award-winning beer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local ____ makes several different types of dark and light beer.