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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

bakestre

bakistre

, AS.

bæcestre

, prop. fem. of

bæcere

baker. See

A baker; originally, a female baker.

[Old Eng. & Scotch]

See also: baxter

Baxter

An occupational surname originating in northern England and in Scotland, a variant of Baker.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

See also: Baxter

baxter ‎(plural baxters)