brewster

plural brewsters

1. engineeringA unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B.

plural brewsters

1. archaicA female brewer.
2. ScotlandUKA brewer (of either sex).

1. A surname originating as an occupation. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a brewer of ale.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
   2. A tiny city in Thomas County, Kansas.
   3. A town and census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; named after Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
   4. A tiny city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
   5. A small village, the county seat of Blaine County, Nebraska.
   6. A village in the town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York.
   7. A village in Stark County, Ohio.
   8. A small city in Okanogan County, Washington.
3. A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia.