baxter

See also: Baxter

English

Alternative forms

• bakester

Etymology

From Middle English bakestere, bakestre, bakistre, from Old English bæcestre, feminine of bæcere (“baker”). See baker, as bake +‎ -ster.

Noun

baxter (plural baxters)

1. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) A baker (originally, a female baker).
   • 2016, Toni Mount, A Year in the Life of Medieval England, →ISBN:

     It isn't the city bakers who are guilty of making underweight loaves or overcharging for them; it's the women baxters.

References

• “baxter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.