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dougher en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English dower, equivalent to dough + -er.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A baker.
   • Among the ordinances of the Bakers of Exeter, is a provision that all 'dowers' (doughers or bakers) of the city and suburbs should grind at the city mills, and nowhere else; […] 1871, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal:
   • That "deye" meant originally a dougher or maker, then a dairymaid, and lastly a farm hand, as in Scott's novels, he is not told. 1915, The Journal of Education - Volume 47, page 667:
   • Among the archives of the Pillsbury A mill is the following, which was recently found spread over a pine board in hieroglyphics by some unknown and nailed on the door of the dougher's room. 1881, The Northwestern Miller - Volume 12, page 294:
   • The ovens are heated by electricity, and the dougher, when he wants the ovens warm, just turns a switch throwing the current on, and in a few minutes the temperature is exactly what he wants, and is under perfect control. 1889, The Electrical Journal - Volume 22, page 518:

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