baker
pronunciation
How to pronounce baker in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce baker in American English:
US [ˈbekɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who bakes commercially
- someone who bakes bread or cake
Word Origin
- baker (n.)
- 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]
Example
- 1. John baker leaves the nikolai checkpoint in third place .
- 2. Uzbekistan : a baker works with dough in tashkent in december 2007 .
- 3. Lance cpl. baker at shir ghazay patrol base on jan. 30 .
- 4. Dr baker 's experiment suggests this is correct .
- 5. From mr baker he learnt the lessons of foreign policy realism .