baker

[ bey-ker ]
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noun
  1. a person who bakes.

  2. a person who makes and sells bread, cake, etc.

  1. a small portable oven.

  2. (usually initial capital letter) a code word used in communications to represent the letter B.

Origin of baker

1
before 1000; Middle English bakere,Old English bæcere.See bake, -er1

Other words from baker

  • bak·er·like, adjective

Words Nearby baker

Other definitions for Baker (2 of 2)

Baker
[ bey-ker ]

noun
  1. Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer.

  2. George "Father Divine", 1877–1965, U.S. religious leader.

  1. George Pierce, 1866–1935, U.S. critic, author, and professor of drama.

  2. Howard H(enry), Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician: senator 1967–85.

  3. Dame Janet, born 1933, English mezzo-soprano.

  4. Josephine, 1906–75, French entertainer, born in the U.S.

  5. Newton Diehl [deel], /dil/, 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21.

  6. Ray Stan·nard [stan-erd] /ˈstæn ərd/ "David Grayson", 1870–1946, U.S. author.

  7. Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer and colonial administrator: discovered Lake Albert.

  8. Mount Baker, a mountain in northwestern Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 feet (3,277 meters).

  9. a town in central Louisiana.

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How to use baker in a sentence

  • That Hicks—the damned —— —— —— he come t' baker's as they hooked up t' leave the Spring.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Toward eight o'clock a pretty, capable-looking girl of twelve came out of the house and bought a loaf of bread at the baker's.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • On the night when the children had crept so quietly away from the baker's wife, Jess had forgotten to take Benny's bear.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • But I felt no anxiety: I knew the "silent baker" would prove deaf and dumb.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • Going ten paces up the street he saw the baker's shop where he supplied himself.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas

British Dictionary definitions for baker (1 of 2)

baker

/ (ˈbeɪkə) /


noun
  1. a person whose business or employment is to make or sell bread, cakes, etc

  2. a portable oven

  1. on the baker's list Irish informal in good health

British Dictionary definitions for Baker (2 of 2)

Baker

/ (ˈbeɪkə) /


noun
  1. Sir Benjamin . 1840–1907, British engineer who, with Sir John Fowler, designed and constructed much of the London underground railway, the Forth Railway Bridge, and the first Aswan Dam

  2. Chet, full name Chesney H. Baker. 1929–88, US jazz trumpeter and singer

  1. Dame Janet . born 1933, British mezzo-soprano

  2. Sir Samuel White . 1821–93, British explorer: discovered Lake Albert (1864)

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