bakester

bakester (plural bakesters)

1. Alternative form of baxter.
   • , Emily Sarah Holt, “Making Progress”, in For the Master’s Sake. A Story of the Days of Queen Mary., new edition, London: John F Shaw and Co., , →OCLC, pages 47–48:

     “But how so, Father?” inquired Agnes in an astonished tone. “I pray you tell me how I shall give to God the baking of bread?” / “Who giveth thee thy daily bread?” / “That, no doubt, our Lord doth.” / “Yet He giveth the same by means. He giveth it through the farmer, the miller, and the baker. It falleth not straight down from Heaven. When thou art the bakester, art not thou God’s servant to give daily bread? ”

   • 1887 September 5, Charlotte M Yonge, Under the Storm; or, Steadfast’s Charge (Seaside Library, Pocket Edition; 1024), New York, N.Y.: George Munro, , →OCLC, pages 53 (Stead in Possession) and 148 (Jeph’s Good Fortune):

     There was the good-natured face of Mistress Lightfoot, who kept a baker’s shop at the sign of the Wheatsheaf, and was their regular customer. Mrs. Lightfoot was therefore applied to, to find a service for Emlyn Gaythorn, and she presently discovered one Mistress Sloggett, a haberdasher’s wife of wealth and consideration, who wanted a young maid-servant. Emlyn was presented to her by the bakester, undertook for everything, and was hired by the twelvemonth,

   • 1898, “BAKESTER, sb.”, in Joseph Wright, editor, The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 138, column 1:

     BAKESTER, sb Cor A baker. Cor. He is a bakester by trade (M.A.C.); Cor.¹²

   • 2020, Janarthanan Ilangovan, “A Sweet Tooth”, in Swosti Samarpita Sahoo, Ethereal Musing, Cuttack, Odisha: Subharambh Publication House, →ISBN, page 28:

     On my seeing my sad face the bakester gave me one more piece to savour. But again I couldn't resist it as I smothered my face onto the cake,