Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brewess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brewess
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female brewer.

Obsolete

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 […]"

Etymology

From brew + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: brew

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

brewesses (plural)

Questions

What does brewess mean?: A female brewer.
Where does brewess come from?: From brew + -ess.

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