Baker

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A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar foods. The place where the baker works is called a bakery.

• Baker's yeast is a leavening agent.
• A baker's dozen is a group of thirteen things (an old-fashioned expression). (See Bakers' Company for an explanation of the phrase)

Baker is (part of) the name of some places including

• Baker, Louisiana
• Baker, Montana
• Baker, Missouri

• Mount Baker is situated in Washington state.
• Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll in the Pacific.
• Baker Street is a street in London, England. See also Baker Street tube station and The Baker Street Irregulars (Sherlock Holmes).

• "Ma Baker" is a 1970s song by Boney M.

Baker v. Carr and Baker v. Vermont were court cases in the United States.

Ned Baker is a metasyntactic variable.

People whose surname is or was Baker include

• Alan Baker
• Arthur Baker
• Benjamin Baker
• Carroll Baker
• Cheryl Baker
• Chet Baker
• Colin Baker
• David Baker
• Ellen Baker
• George Baker
• George Pierce Baker
• Ginger Baker
• Henry Baker
• Hobey Baker
• James Baker
• Josephine Baker
• Julius Baker
• Kenneth Baker
• Kenny Baker
• Laurie Baker
• LaVern Baker
• Mary Baker Eddy
• Michael Baker
• Mickey Baker
• Sir Richard Baker (early 17th century man of letters)
• Richard Baker (U.S. politician)
• Roy Stannard Baker
• Sam Aaron Baker
• Samuel White Baker
• Thomas Baker
• Tom Baker
• Valentine Aker Pasha Baker

Reference

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Baker" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker January 9, 2004