Brewster

American

[broo-ster] / ˈbru stər /

noun

William, 1560?–1644, Pilgrim settler: leader of the colonists at Plymouth.
a male given name.

Brewster British

/ ˈbruːstə /

noun

Sir David . 1781–1868, Scottish physicist, noted for his studies of the polarization of light

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Brewster herself has to buy bottled water because War’s water system needs upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The utility recently installed water hookups for one secluded mountaintop community that had been relying on cisterns and a truck hauling creek water—a project Brewster said took six years to accumulate enough government money for.

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

Ms Brewster said that people can wait up to eight years for a diagnosis as it required a laparoscopy, a keyhole surgery procedure, to confirm the condition.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

There Brewster kept crews and boats for the cross-sound relay.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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