Baker Definition
bākər
bakers
noun
bakers
One that bakes bread, cakes, or pastries, especially commercially.
American Heritage
A person whose work or business is baking bread, pastry, etc.
Webster's New World
One that bakes, especially a portable oven.
American Heritage
A small, portable oven.
Webster's New World
pronoun
An occupational surname for a baker, or owner of a communal oven.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Baker
Noun
Singular:
baker
Plural:
bakersOrigin of Baker
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From Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).
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