Brewster
/ˈbruːstər/noun
A brewer, especially historically a woman who brewed ale.
Did you know?In Middle English, *brewster* was the feminine form of *brewer*, showing how beer-making was once so central that women’s labor was built into the word itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhreu-
“to boil, bubble, seethe”
Old English
OE
breowan
“to brew, ferment”
Middle English
ME
brewen
“to brew ale or beer”
Middle English
ME
brewster
“a woman who brews; a female brewer”
Modern English
English
brewster
“a brewer or a surname derived from an occupational term”