bakester

[Eng. bake, and suffix -ster. A.S. bæcestre =(1) a woman who bakes, (2) a baker.] 1. Originally (fem. only): A female baker. ( Old English .) 2. Subsequently (masc. & fem.): A baker of either sex. (Obsolete in England, but still existing in parts of Scotland.) The name Baxter is simply bakester differently spelled.