ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Brewess

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Brewess is a noun meaning (obsolete or historical) A female brewer.

Meaning

(obsolete or historical) A female brewer.

Example Sentences

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 […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include browis, beeregar, boud, bibbery, breade, bowre.

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