This week's theme: professions that exist mainly as surnames. baxter (BAK-stuhr) noun
A baker, especially a female baker. [From Old English baecestre, feminine of baecere, from bacan (to bake).] Other names for bakers have been backster, backmann, becker, furner (literally, one who is in charge of an oven), and pistor (literally, one who pounded the grain: a miller or a baker). -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Than all the baxters will I ban That mixes bread with dust and bran." David Lyndsay; Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis; 16th c. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: Are you a strong teacher/professor? Sell your original teaching materials to others on our cutting-edge marketplace http://www.TeachersPayTeachers.com Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw ............................................................................ Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. -Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/baxter.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/baxter.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/baxter.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
