Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who brews; specifically, one whose occupation is the preparation of malt liquors.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- n. the owner or manager of a brewery
Examples
“She called a brewer in California who had made a similarly effervescent beer she'd tasted and asked for his process.”
The Wall Street Journal: Secrets of a Blue-Ribbon Brewmaster
“Mr. Brodman said the brewer is increasing its annual expenditure on domestic marketing so that it will emerge from the local economic downturn ahead of the competition.”
“The brewer is getting more aggressive in its advertising.”
The Wall Street Journal: After 181 Years, Local Beer Stops Playing Hard to Get
“The brewer is flourishing while the industry, hurt by high unemployment among its core customers, is down in volume by about 2% this year.”
The Wall Street Journal: After 181 Years, Local Beer Stops Playing Hard to Get
“I don't think any Long Island brewer is likely to listen to me since few people are inclined to mess with success -- and pumpkin ale is a success.”
“AB InBev agreed this year to sell a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million to Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd.”
The Wall Street Journal: KKR Nears Deal to Buy Korea Brewer From InBev
“It's already sold its 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao to Asahi for $667 million and is also likely to sell the U.S. theme parks business it inherited last year.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cost-Cutting Crucial at Anheuser-Busch Inbev
“A-B InBev agreed this year to sell a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million to Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd.”
The Wall Street Journal: InBev's Korean Asset Sale Tests Asia's Buyout Thirst
“Already this year, the company has sold a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million and its Labatt business in the U.S.”
The Wall Street Journal: Anheuser to Cut Back As Its Profit Tumbles
“InBev prefers a calculation that doesn't include Anheuser's 50% stake in Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo SA or its 27% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao.”
The Wall Street Journal: Anheuser to Slash 1,000 Jobs, Raise Prices
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Trades Featured in R. Campbell's The ...
Hey kids! What do YOU want to be when you grow up?!
Reprint edition, Devon: Latimer Trend & Co., Ltd., 1969. Full original citation (you'd better grab a drink and sit down) is:
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Archaic Occupations
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I made this!
People who make stuff.
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johnmperry also E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 et seq.
Thus: according to Brewer Jul 19, 2008