baker

UK: /ˈbeɪkə/ US: /ˈbeɪkɚ/ ,(bā′kər)

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bak•er /ˈbeɪkɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person who bakes, esp. one who makes and sells bread, cake, etc.

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bak•er  (bā′kər), n. 

1. a person who bakes.
2. a person who makes and sells bread, cake, etc.
3. Food a small portable oven.
4. (usually cap.) a code word used in communications to represent the letter B.

• Middle English bakere, Old English bæcere. See bake, -er¹ bef. 1000

bak′er•like′, adj. 

Ba•ker  (bā′kər), n. 

1. Biographical Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer.
2. Biographical George Pierce, 1866–1935, U.S. critic, author, and professor of drama.
3. Biographical Howard H(enry), Jr., born 1925, U.S. politician: senator 1967–85.
4. Biographical Dame Janet, born 1933, English mezzo-soprano.
5. Biographical Josephine, 1906–75, French entertainer, born in the U.S.
Newton Diehl  (dēl), 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21. Ray Stan•nard  (stan′ərd) ("David Grayson''), 1870–1946, U.S. author.
6. Mount, a mountain in NW Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 ft. (3277 m).
7. Place Names a town in central Louisiana. 12,865.

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baker / ˈbeɪkə/ noun

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

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Baker / 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. Josephine. 1906–1975, US-born French singer, dancer, and actor; for her work as a resistance operative during World War II she was awarded the Croix de Guerre and made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour; posthumously interred (2021) at the Panthéon in Paris
5. Sir Samuel White. 1821–93, British explorer: discovered Lake Albert (1864)