A baker of white bread. Compare brown baker. Now historical.
The Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the livery companies of the City of London and received its first charter in 1486. A guild or fraternity of bakers existed since at least the 12th cent. and by the 14th cent. had jurisdiction over bakers of brown and white bread. The bakers of brown bread or brown bakers had a separate corporate identity for brief periods in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries..