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baxter

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈbækstɝ// bax·ter Archaic

n. a person who bakes bread or cakes as their job. You use this word for a professional baker, especially in older stories or formal writing.

n. a person whose occupation is baking bread and other goods. Archaic or literary in modern usage; largely replaced by 'baker'.


SIMPLE

The baxter baked fresh bread every morning.

CONTEXTUAL

In the old village, the baxter was the first person to wake up.

COMPLEX

The novel's protagonist, a humble baxter, found his destiny intertwined with the royal court.

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