baker

noun

bak·​er ˈbā-kər 

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.

specifically : someone who engages in baking as an occupation

Shopping routinely involved separate trips to the butcher, baker and green grocer …

—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

Examples of baker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was also Emanuel Galicia, 40, a baker from Guanajuato, who was on his first trip to Milwaukee, in town to make sell his pan de feria, or fair bread. —Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025

Resist The Urge To Stir Caramelizing dry sugar gives many bakers the shakes. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025

Over the past decade, she's become a regular on the Hallmark Channel, primarily starring as small-town baker Hannah Swensen in the ongoing Murder, She Baked film series. —EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025

There are Detroit-style pizzas, more like focaccias topped with dollops of ricotta the way a baker would pipe icing onto a decorative cake. —Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bakere, from baken "to bake entry 1" + -ere -er entry 2; replacing bachare, going back to Old English bæcere, from bacan "to bake entry 1" + -ere -er entry 2

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing baker

• baker's chocolate
• baker's dozen
• baker's yeast

Rhymes for baker

• breaker
• laker
• maker
• nacre
• quaker
• raker
• sacre
• shaker
• taker
• automaker
• boilermaker
• cabinetmaker

Biographical Definition

Baker 1 of 3

biographical name (1)

Ba·​ker ˈbā-kər 

James Addison 1930–     U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1985–88); Secretary of State (1989–92)

Baker

2 of 3

biographical name (2)

Newton Diehl 1871–1937 American statesman

Baker

3 of 3

biographical name (3)

Ray Stannard 1870–1946 pseudonym David Grayson ˈgrā-sᵊn  American author