baker

[ bey-ker ]

/ ˈbeɪ kər /

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noun

a person who bakes.

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

a small portable oven.

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

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Origin of baker

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

Related formsbak·er·like, adjective

Baker

[ bey-ker ]

/ ˈbeɪ kər /

noun

Sir Benjamin,1840–1907, English engineer.

GeorgeFather Divine, 1877–1965, U.S. religious leader.

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

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

Dame Janet,born 1933, English mezzo-soprano.

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

Newton Diehl

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

Ray Stan·nard

[stan-erd] /ˈstæn ərd/David Grayson, 1870–1946, U.S. author.

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

Mount, a mountain in NW Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 feet (3277 meters).

a town in central Louisiana.

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He becomes especially earnest when the conversation turns to his role as The Baker in Into the Woods.
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It appeared that Baker would again have to face Clark in the forthcoming run-off.
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But it was not enough, especially after the left-leaning Boston Globe endorsed Baker.
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In Massachusetts, for example, Baker is running as a pro-choice, pro same-sex marriage Republican nominee.
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Clary added: “The person most engaged was Baker [Mitchell].”
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Baker and Rowe and the others proceeded to the little shop where Miller did a cigar business.
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Colonel Baker had been senator for Oregon, and was well known as an orator.
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"It's not entirely a question of demonstration, Mr. Ellerbee," said Baker.
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Having rested for two days we again moved forward, Mrs. Baker being carried on a litter.
In the Heart of Africa|Samuel White Baker
That Hawkins had used it for the landing and housing of corn for his trade as a baker.
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British Dictionary definitions for baker

baker

/ (ˈbeɪkə) /

noun

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

a portable oven

on the baker's list Irish informal in good health

Baker

/ (ˈbeɪkə) /

noun

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

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

Dame Janet . born 1933, British mezzo-soprano

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

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Word Origin and History for baker

baker

Old English bæcere "baker," agent noun from bacan "to bake" (see bake (v.)). In the Middle Ages, the craft had two divisions, braun-bakeres and whit-bakeres.

White bakers shall bake no hors brede..broune bakers shall bake whete brede as it comyth grounde fro the mylle withoute ony bultyng of the same. Also the seid broune bakers shall bake hors brede of clene benys and pesyn, And also brede that is called housholdersbrede. [Letterbook in the City of London Records Office, Guildhall, 1441]

Baker's dozen "thirteen" is from 1590s.

These dealers [hucksters] ... on purchasing their bread from the bakers, were privileged by law to receive thirteen batches for twelve, and this would seem to have been the extent of their profits. Hence the expression, still in use, "A baker's dozen." [H.T. Riley, "Liber Albus," 1859]

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