Definition of Baker

1. Noun. Someone who bakes commercially.

Generic synonyms: Merchandiser, Merchant
Derivative terms: Bake

2. Noun. Someone who bakes bread or cake.
Exact synonyms: Bread Maker
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Bake

Definition of Baker

1. n. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Definition of Baker

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a baker, or owner of a communal oven ¹

2. Noun. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. ¹

3. Noun. A portable oven for baking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baker

1. one that bakes [n -S] - See also: bakes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baker

baked beans
baked egg
baked goods
baked potato
baked potatoes
baked tongue
bakehouse
bakehouses
bakelites
bakemeat
bakemeats
baken
bakeoff
bakeoffs
bakeout
baker (current term)
baker's
baker's chocolate
baker's chocolates
baker's dozen
baker's dozens
baker's eczema
baker's half dozen
baker's itch
baker's yeast
baker-legged
baker cyst
bakeress
bakeresses
bakeries

Literary usage of Baker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"At Sir Robert Cotton's Father baker came in contact with the antiquary, ... During his short sojourn in London, Father baker was forced frequently to change ..."

2. Transactionsby European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical by European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical Society of t (1869)
"988 baker, BF Disc 464 baker, BP The Vertical-Flow Interrupter and Its Application to "Oil Poor" Circuit Breakers 440-5; disc. 638 baker, BP Disc 115 507 ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Wilkinson had made in York the acquaintance of Joseph baker, ... baker had himself been an actor, and was t painter of church interiors and of theatrical ..."

4. Bulletin by American delphinium society, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (1912)
"... В S С E 1909 Not heard from baker, ALEXANDER FIVA BSME 1908 104 Water St Evansville Ind baker, ANNA EMBREE (Mrs А В Rogers) BS 1886 Belmont Mass baker, ..."

5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1891)
"baker, John, butcher, and Katherine his wife (i 380), 13. — his servant John, 13. ... baker, see also Ralph the baker. Richard le baker. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"(9) That Alfred baker, your petitioner's father, departed this life intestate on the 16th day of June, 1896, owing no debts and leaving as his sole heirs at ..."

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