Brewster

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Brewster is a surname, originally an occupational name for a brewer—the -ster suffix once indicated a female practitioner, though it lost that distinction centuries ago.

As a given name, Brewster appears occasionally, often as a family surname repurposed.

The Brewsters moved in next door.

surname

Mayflower

1620 colonial transport vessel

Massachusetts · colonial · 1620 · New World · settler · Puritans · English · Bradford · religious freedom · emigrant

brewing

brewmaster

Chief beer maker

lager · stout · fermentation · yeast · hops · malt · barley · wort · mashing · zymurgy

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brew, brewing, brewery, brewed, brewer, brewers, breweries, microbrewery, microbreweries

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