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bakester

bakester is the alternative form of baxter.

Meaning of baxter

Noun

baxter (plural baxters)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A baker (originally, a female baker).
    • At this day it was agreed … that in as much as the baxters [female bakers] of this city have offended in the weight of their horsebread, it is agreed for the said offence … that from henceforth the baxters of this city shall, as long as the price of beans be at 4s [shillings] or under, sell four...1991 [1438], Lorraine C. Attreed, transl., The York House Books, 1461–1490, volume I, Wolfeboro Falls, N.H.: Alan Sutton for Richard III & Yorkist History Trust, →ISBN; quoted in Toni Mount...

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Forms of bakester

pluralbakesters

Questions about bakester

What is bakester the alternative form of?
Bakester is the alternative form of baxter.

Words near bakester in the dictionary

  1. bakesale
  2. bakesales
  3. bakeshop
  4. bakeshops
  5. bakest
  6. bakester
  7. bakesters
  8. bakestone
  9. bakestones
  10. bakestuff
  11. Baketan

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