brewer

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
  2. noun the owner or manager of a brewery

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

beer maker

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
maker

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