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  baker

  noun

  a person who bakes.
• Baker
  Baker

  noun

  Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer.

baker

¹ American  

[bey-ker] / ˈbeɪ kər /

noun

• bakers
  plural

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.

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Baker ² American  

[bey-ker] / ˈbeɪ kər /

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.

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Baker ¹ British  

/ 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)

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baker ² British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• bakerlike
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bakers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of baker

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

Explanation

If you're a baker, it's your job to bake bread, cake, or other baked goods. A baker usually works in a bakery. Professional bakers make pastries, hearty loaves of bread, or cupcakes, depending on their specialty. If you're an amateur baker, you may bake cinnamon rolls or macaroons at home in your spare time. "A baker's dozen" is a common phrase meaning 13 of something — in other words, a dozen plus one extra — from the old baker's practice of adding an additional loaf to an order, which became the retail seller's only profit.

Example Sentences

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The verdict marked the latest chapter in the downfall of Nygard, the Finnish-born son of a baker who built the women’s fashion empire Nygard International from scratch in 1967 and led a hard-partying lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

He said he wrote the piece to "honour my humble beginnings", adding "I am the son of my father, the baker".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“You are all disgusting wet batter,” barks a pastry baker.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?

From Slate ● May 25, 2026

“You got that turned around in your mind. He won in Sausage and Headcheese. Don’t I look more like a pie baker than him?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Cabinet member for environment, councillor Rhys Baker, said: "This is one of the area's most notable trees and is recorded on the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the nominated scene, choreographer Corey Baker had the exciting challenge of developing the first-ever dance routine for a then-unreleased Lady Gaga track, “The Dead Dance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Several commissioners noted the looming deadline as they opted for the settlement that Baker helped negotiate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Baker bought back StubHub in 2020 and now runs both brands as chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

She seemed dazed, bewildered by this sudden news about Baker.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

"My responsibility is to make sure all of this lot get paid," he says, referring to his 30-strong team, which includes bakers, delivery drivers and Saturday staff employed in the cafe that adjoins the bakery.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Similar recipe guides consulted professional bakers and award-winning pastry chefs alike, asking them what their favorite boxed cake mix is and their best upgrades.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

A visit to a pasticceria program at a high-security Padua prison—where the recidivism rate for inmate bakers, we are told, is only 10%—is not so much about food as it is about Italy itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The screeching alarm, the panicked bakers, the sopping cakes.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff