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underbrewer

underbrewer noun: an apprentice brewer learning the brewing craft and trade from a chief brewer.

Noun

underbrewer (plural underbrewers)

  1. An apprentice brewer learning the brewing craft and trade from a chief brewer.
    • In 1930 de Bavay resigned as brewer manager. Carl Stefanson, the under-brewer, took his place.1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 86

Forms of underbrewer

pluralunderbrewers

Origin of underbrewer

From under- + brewer.

Questions about underbrewer

What does underbrewer mean?
Underbrewer means an apprentice brewer learning the brewing craft and trade from a chief brewer.
What part of speech is underbrewer?
Underbrewer is a noun.
What is the plural of underbrewer?
The plural of underbrewer is underbrewers.

Words near underbrewer in the dictionary

  1. underbreed
  2. underbreeding
  3. underbreeds
  4. underbrew
  5. underbrewed
  6. underbrewer
  7. underbrewers
  8. underbrewing
  9. underbrews
  10. underbridge
  11. underbridges

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