# dougher

## Anglais

### Étymologie

    Du moyen anglais dower, équivaut à dough suffixé avec -er.

### Nom commun

dougher \doʊɚ\ (États-Unis) ou \dəʊə\ (Royaume-Uni)

* (Désuet) Boulangère, boulanger.
   * 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. — (The Journal of Education - Volume 47, page 667, 1915)
   * 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. — (The Electrical Journal - Volume 22, page 518, 1889)
   * 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. — (The Northwestern Miller - Volume 12, page 294, 1881)
   * 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; […] — (Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal, 1871)

**Variantes**

* dower

**Synonymes**

* baker (actuellement utilisé)
