单词 | baxtress |
释义 | † baxtressn. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). A woman who bakes bread or similar foods; a female baker. Cf. baxter n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > baker > woman baker baxterOE cake baxter1503 baxtress1519 bakeress1792 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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