The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backster
Backster \Back"ster\, n. [See Baxter.] A baker. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
backster
n. (context obsolete English) A baker.
Usage examples of "backster".
But clearly the plants recorded only Backster's emotional ups and downs - not those of the entire planetary population!
An inconclusive test, though Backster's prior research is of considerable interest.
Backster had previously shown that his own house plants were capable of responding to a lie by changes in electrical activity as measured by the lie detector.