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
Example Sentences
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“I virtually think that the voting process completely passed up Skid Row,” Brewster said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
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
The first movie, released in 2001, was a $40 million production about street racing in Los Angeles with a cast of then-little-known actors including Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
In 1844, she gave birth to a second son, Henry Brewster Stanton Jr., and decided that she and her husband needed to settle the family in a home of their own.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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