BAKER


Meaning of BAKER in English

/ ˈbeɪkə(r); NAmE / noun

1.

a person whose job is baking and selling bread and cakes

2.

baker's ( pl. bakers ) ( BrE ) a shop that sells bread and cakes :

I'm just going to the baker's.

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English bæcere , from bacan , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bakken and German backen .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.