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