"brewster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brewsters [plural]
Etymology: After David Brewster. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brewster (plural brewsters)
  1. (optics) A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B. Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-brewster-en-noun-XJDo6qbd Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: brewsters [plural]
Etymology: Circa 1300, from Middle English brewestere; equivalent to brew + -ster. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brewestere}} Middle English brewestere, {{suffix|en|brew|ster}} brew + -ster Head templates: {{en-noun}} brewster (plural brewsters)
  1. (archaic) A female brewer. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-brewster-en-noun-5Il0h5BA
  2. (Britain, Scotland) A brewer (of either sex). Tags: Britain, Scotland
    Sense id: en-brewster-en-noun-B8b4lu3O Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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