plural bakers
1
: a person who makes breads, cakes, pastries, etc.
Any avid baker knows that successful cakes and cookies often start with butter brought to room temperature.—
Jack Bishop et al.
Jack Bishop et al.
specifically
: someone who engages in baking as an occupation
Shopping routinely involved separate trips to the butcher, baker and green grocer … —Doris Weatherford
Doris Weatherford 2
a
: a device or utensil used for baking
b
: a food that is suitable for baking
It's hard to beat the delicate flavor of new potatoes or a big, fluffy baker.—Jim McCausland
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Dylan, a baker’s apprentice, wants to marry her; their journey on his moped is one of the film’s loveliest sequences, an image of freedom and happiness that suggests such a life might be within reach.
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The women, with two big gets in the portal in Kayleigh Heckel and Serah Williams, are poised for Geno Auriemma to go for the baker’s dozen.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
The catch is the young bride-to-be is marrying another woman, something not easily accepted by the baker’s husband or others in town.
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Nanning only does when the baker refuses to give him the sugar.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
The women, with two big gets in the portal in Kayleigh Heckel and Serah Williams, are poised for Geno Auriemma to go for the baker’s dozen.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
The catch is the young bride-to-be is marrying another woman, something not easily accepted by the baker’s husband or others in town.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
Nanning only does when the baker refuses to give him the sugar.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Ba·ker
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James Addison 1930– U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1985–88); Secretary of State (1989–92)
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Newton Diehl 1871–1937 American statesman
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Ray Stannard 1870–1946 pseudonym
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