noun
Baxter
BAKS-tuh
noun
1
An old word for a baker, originally referring specifically to a female baker.
"In medieval records, a "baxter" was simply the village baker."
How to Use Baxter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned word for a baker, now mostly surviving as a surname.
Word Forms
baxters plural
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Etymology
From Old English "bæcestre" ("female baker"), from "bake" plus the feminine suffix "-ster"; it later became a common surname.