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† ˈbackstress Obs. [A double feminine form; f. backster (= baxter) + -ess: cf. sempstress, songstress.] A female baker, a woman who bakes bread.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 153 A baker or backstres muste be well ware: that a..pyle of wodde be nat nere the fyre. |