baker

¹

[bey-ker]

noun

1. a person who bakes.

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

3. a small portable oven.

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

Baker

²

[bey-ker]

noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Newton Diehl 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21.

8. Ray Stannard David Grayson, 1870–1946, U.S. author.

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

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

11. a town in central Louisiana.

Baker

¹

/ 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

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

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

baker

²

/ ˈbeɪkə /

noun

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

2. a portable oven

3. informal,  in good health

Other Word Forms

• bakerlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of baker¹

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

Example Sentences

He was cast as Richard the Lionheart and couldn't believe that a baker's son from Port Talbot was working with Katharine Hepburn.

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In this new season of the series, which is hosted by “Saturday Night Live” cast member Mikey Day, nine bakers who specialize in creating lifelike baked goods compete for a cash prize.

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The Treasury said tackling food price inflation was a "priority" and said it was lowering business rates for "butchers, bakers and other shops".

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Frankly, I’m also not a big baker, so if you’re accustomed to only ever baking with salted, don’t, as they say, @ me.

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But the baker born and raised in L.A. first started making cakes seriously in 2022, when she was gifted a set of cake pans by a friend.

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