Meanings
baker1
nounbaker (plural bakers)
plural bakers
- A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion - An apple suitable for baking.
Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.
1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129
Baker2
noun
- World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAFradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
Synonyms: mul:Bravo
proper noun
alternative Backer
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
- A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
- A small inactive village in Stoddard County, Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Fallon County, Montana.
- A ghost town in Boyd County, Nebraska.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
Similar
mul:Bravo
More synonyms by meaning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*bakārijaz“baker”
- Old Englishbæcere“baker”
- Middle Englishbakere
- Englishbaker
Inherited 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”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bakker, bakster
- bakkerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- baksterperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Ancient Greek ἀρτοποιός, ἀρτοκόπος
- ἀρτοποιός (artopoiós)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- ἀρτοκόπος (artokópos)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Arabic خَبَّاز, خَبَّازَة
- خَبَّاز (ḵabbāz)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- خَبَّازَة (ḵabbāza)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- فَرَّان (farrān)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- فَرَّانَة (farrāna)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- الْخَبَّاز (al-ḵabbāz)Occupational surname
Basque okin
- okinperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Bengali রূটিত্তয়ালা
- রূটিত্তয়ালা (ruṭittoẏala)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Bulgarian пека́р, пека́рка
- пека́р (pekár)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- пека́рка (pekárka)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- хлеба́р (hlebár)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- хлеба́рка (hlebárka)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- Хлеба́ров (Hlebárov)Occupational surname
- Бе́йкър (Béjkăr)Occupational surname
Catalan forner, flequer
- fornerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- flequerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- FornerOccupational surname
Chinese Mandarin 麵包師傅 /面包师傅, 貝克 /贝克
- 麵包師傅 /面包师傅 (miànbāo shīfu)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- 貝克 /贝克 (Bèikè)Occupational surname
Czech pekař, pekařka
- pekařperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pekařkaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PekařOccupational surname
Danish bager, Bager
- bagerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- BagerOccupational surname
Dutch bakker, bakster
- bakkerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- baksterperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- BakkerOccupational surname
Esperanto panisto, panistino
- panistoperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- panistinoperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Estonian pagar
- pagarperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Finnish leipuri
- leipuriperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
French boulanger, boulangère
- boulangerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- boulangèreperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pâtissierperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pâtissièreperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- BoulangerOccupational surname
German Bäcker, Bäckerin
- Bäckerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- Bäckerinperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- BäckerOccupational surname
- BeckerOccupational surname
- BeckOccupational surname
Greek αρτοποιός, φούρναρης
- αρτοποιός (artopoiós)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- φούρναρης (foúrnaris)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- φουρνάρισσα (fournárissa)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- Ψωμάς (Psomás)Occupational surname
Hebrew אוֹפֶה, אוֹפָה
- אוֹפֶה (ofé)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- אוֹפָה (ofá)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Hindi नानबाई, बेकर
- नानबाई (nānbāī)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- बेकर (bekar)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- रोटी वाला (roṭī vālā)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Hungarian pék, Pék
- pékperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PékOccupational surname
Icelandic bakari
- bakariperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Indonesian tukang roti
- tukang rotiperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Irish báicéir
- báicéirperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Italian panettiere, panettiera
- panettiereperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- panettieraperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- fornaioperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- fornaiaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- panificatoreperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- panificatriceperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PanettiereOccupational surname
Japanese パン屋, パン屋さん
- パン屋 (pan'ya)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- パン屋さん (pan'ya-san)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Korean 제빵사, 빵집 주인
- 제빵사 (jeppangsa)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- 빵집 주인 (ppangjip ju'in)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Latin pī̆stor, pī̆strīx
- pī̆storperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pī̆strīxperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pānifexperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pānificaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Latvian maiznieks, maizniece
- maiznieksperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- maiznieceperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Lithuanian kepėjas, kepė́ja
- kepėjasperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- kepė́japerson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Malay tukang roti, khabaz
- tukang rotiperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- khabazperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Norwegian Bokmål baker
- bakerperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Polish piekarz, piekarka
- piekarzperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- piekarkaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PiekarzOccupational surname
Portuguese padeiro, pasteleiro
- padeiroperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pasteleiroperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PadeiroOccupational surname
Punjabi ਨਾਨਬਾਈ
- ਨਾਨਬਾਈ (nānbāī)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Romanian brutar, brutăreasă
- brutarperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- brutăreasăperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pâinarperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Russian пе́карь, хлебопёк
- пе́карь (pékarʹ)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- хлебопёк (xlebopjók)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- бу́лочник (búločnik)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- бу́лочница (búločnica)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- Хле́бников (Xlébnikov)Occupational surname
- Бейкер (Bejker)Occupational surname
Scottish Gaelic fuineadair, bèicear
- fuineadairperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- bèicearperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Slovak pekár, pekárka
- pekárperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- pekárkaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Spanish panadero, panadera
- panaderoperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- panaderaperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- PanaderoOccupational surname
Swedish bagare, Bager
- bagareperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- BagerOccupational surname
Tagalog panadero
- panaderoperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Thai คนทำขนมปัง
- คนทำขนมปัง (kon-tam-kà-nǒm-bpang)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Turkish fırıncı
- fırıncıperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Ukrainian пе́кар, пе́карка
- пе́кар (pékar)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- пе́карка (pékarka)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Urdu نان بائی, خَبَّاز
- نان بائی (nān bāī)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- خَبَّاز (xabbāz)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- بیکَر (bekar)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Vietnamese người thợ làm bánh mì, thợ làm bánh
- người thợ làm bánh mìperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
- thợ làm bánhperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Welsh pobydd
- pobyddperson who bakes and sells bread, etc
Yiddish בעקער, בעקערין
- בעקער (beker)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- בעקערין (bekerin)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
- בעקערקע (bekerke)person who bakes and sells bread, etc
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with baker
makerbreakershakerquakertakerlakersacrenacrefakerDacrebrakerawakerflakerflymakermistakerorganmakersalt shakerSitarmaker
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APA
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“baker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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