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bak⋅er

[bey-ker]
–noun
1. a person who bakes.
2. a person who makes and sells bread, cake, etc.
3. a small portable oven.
4. (usually initial capital letter) a code word used in communications to represent the letter B.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bakere, OE bæcere. See bake, -er 1


bak⋅er⋅like, adjective

Ba⋅ker

[bey-ker]
–noun
1. Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer.
2. George (“Father Divine”), 1877–1965, U.S. religious leader.
3. George Pierce, 1866–1935, U.S. critic, author, and professor of drama.
4. Howard H(enry), Jr., born 1925, U.S. politician: senator 1967–85.
5. Dame Janet, born 1933, English mezzo-soprano.
6. Josephine, 1906–75, French entertainer, born in the U.S.
7. Newton Diehl [deel] , 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21.
8. Ray Stan⋅nard [stan-erd] (“David Grayson”), 1870–1946, U.S. author.
9. Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer and colonial administrator: discovered Lake Albert.
10. Mount, a mountain in NW Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 ft. (3277 m).
11. a town in central Louisiana. 12,865.
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bak·er   (bā'kər)   
n.  
  1. One that bakes bread, cakes, or pastries, especially commercially.

  2. One that bakes, especially a portable oven.

Ba·ker   (bā'kər)   
American religious leader who founded (1919) a communal religious sect called the Peace Mission.
Baker, Josephine 1906-1975.  
American-born French entertainer who became a popular jazz dancer and singer in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. During World War II she worked for the French Resistance.
Baker, Mount  
A peak, 3,287.3 m (10,778 ft) high, of northwest Washington in the Cascade Range east of Bellingham. It is in a popular resort area.
Baker, Sir Samuel White 1821-1893.  
British explorer who founded a settlement at Ceylon (1848), explored the Blue Nile region (1861-1862), and discovered Lake Albert (1864).
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