Dougher

Alternative forms

• dower

Origin

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

Full definition of dougher

Noun

1. A baker.
• 1871, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal: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; ...
2. One who makes or is concerned with money.
• 1922, The Elevator Constructor:He must not be a dougher. By this dougher we mean the fellow that just thinks enough of this dough or money that by getting this same dough he is not thinking of the dough alone, ...