What does brewess mean?
Brewess means (obsolete or historical) A female brewer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete or historical) A female brewer..
There are a great many other references to ale-wives and brewesses in the descriptive poems of the medieval period, and women continued to brew beer and ale until at least the sixteenth century […]
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Brewess means (obsolete or historical) A female brewer..
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There are a great many other references to ale-wives and brewesses in the descriptive poems of the medieval period, and women continued to brew beer and ale until at least the sixteenth century […]
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