brewster

== English == === Etymology 1 === After David Brewster. ==== Noun ==== brewster (plural brewsters) (optics) A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10−12 m2/N or 10−12 Pa-1. Symbol: B. === Etymology 2 === Circa 1300, from Middle English brewestere; equivalent to brew +‎ -ster. ==== Noun ==== brewster (plural brewsters) (archaic) A female brewer. (British, Scotland) A brewer (of either sex). == Middle English == === Noun === brewster alternative form of brewestere