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单词 baxtress
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baxtressn.

Forms: 1500s backstres, 1800s baxtress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: baxter n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < baxter n. + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix .
Obsolete (Scottish in later use).
A woman who bakes bread or similar foods; a female baker. Cf. baxter n.
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1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xv. f. 153v A baker or backstres muste be well ware: that a..pyle of wodde be nat nere the fyre.
1877 W. Gunnyon Illustr. Sc. Hist. v. 206 The mirth of the guidman, the guidwife, the town neighbours, and of the fair baxtress herself, knew no bounds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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