Brewster
Americannoun
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William, 1560?–1644, Pilgrim settler: leader of the colonists at Plymouth.
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a male given name.
noun
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Diesel and Rodriguez posed with fellow actor Jordana Brewster and the daughter of late co-star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013, at the French film festival Wednesday.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Mavis Brewster runs the McDowell County Public Service District, the county’s largest utility, which serves about 3,500 homes and businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
University presidents such as Kingman Brewster Jr. and A. Bartlett Giamatti, for example, spoke out about the Vietnam War, the Black Panthers and May Day protests.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
"We aren't medically trained, so we don't prescribe medication or anything like that," Ms Brewster said.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
At night, after retrieving the intelligence report, Brewster would sail past British guard boats and cross Long Island Sound to Fairfield, Connecticut.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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