Accomptant
|
Accountant |
Almoner |
Giver of charity
to the needy |
Amanuensis |
Secretary or
stenographer |
Artificer |
A soldier mechanic
who does repairs. |
Bailie |
Bailiff |
Bailliff |
On Isle of Jersey,
highest office in the government |
Baxter |
Baker |
Bluestocking |
Female writer |
Boniface |
Keeper of an
inn |
Brazier |
One who works
with brass |
Brewster |
Beer manufacturer |
Brightsmith |
Metal Worker |
Burgonmaster |
Mayor |
Caulker |
One who filled
up cracks (in ships or windows or seams to make them watertight by
using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart. |
Chaisemaker |
Carriage maker |
Chandler |
Dealer or trader;
one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries. |
Chiffonnier |
Wig maker |
Clark |
Clerk |
Clerk |
Clergyman, cleric |
Clicker |
The servant of
a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received
the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due
form ready for printing; one who makes the eyelet holes in boots using
a machine which clicked. |
Cohen |
Priest |
Collier |
Coal miner |
Colporteur |
Peddler of books |
Cooper |
One who makes
or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels,
tubs, etc. |
Cordwainer |
Shoemaker, originally
any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain. |
Costermonger |
Peddler of fruits
and vegetables |
Crocker |
Potter |
Crowner |
Coroner |
Currier |
One who dresses
the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating
oil or grease. |
Docker |
Stevedore, dock
worker who loads and unloads cargo. |
Dowser |
One who finds
water using a rod or witching stick. |
Draper |
A dealer in dry
goods |
Drayman |
One who drives
a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads. |
Dresser |
A surgeon's assistant
in a hospital. |
Drover |
One who drives
cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle. |
Duffer |
Peddler |
Factor |
Agent, commission
merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish
steward or bailiff of an estate. |
Farrier |
A blacksmith,
one who shoes horses |
Faulkner |
Falconer (cared
for the tame hawks of the gentry.) |
Fell monger |
One who removes
hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather-making. |
Fletcher |
One who made
bows and arrows |
Fuller |
One who fulls
cloth; one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating,
and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth. |
Gaoler |
A keeper of the
goal, a jailer |
Glazier |
Window glassman |
Hacker |
Maker of hoes |
Hatcheler |
One who combed
out or carded flax. |
Haymonger |
Dealer in hay |
Hayward |
Keeper of fences |
Higgler |
Itinerant peddler |
Hillier |
Roof tiler |
Hind |
A farm laborer |
Holster |
A groom who took
care of horses, often at an inn. |
Hooker |
Reaper |
Hooper |
One who made
hoops for casks and barrels |
Huckster |
Sells small wares |
Husbandman |
A farmer who
cultivated the land. |
Jagger |
Fish peddler |
Journeyman |
One who had served
his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master,
but hired by the day. |
Joyner / Joiner |
A skilled carpenter |
Keeler |
Bargeman |
Kempster |
Wool comber |
Lardner |
Keeper of the
cupboard |
Lavender |
Washer woman |
Lederer |
Leather maker |
Leech |
Physician |
Longshoreman |
Stevedore |
Lormer |
Maker of horse
gear |
Malender |
Farmer |
Maltster |
Brewer |
Manciple |
A steward |
Mason |
Bricklayer |
Mintmaster |
One who issued
local currency |
Monger |
Seller of goods
(ale, fish) |
Muleskinner |
Teamster |
Neatherder |
Herds cows |
Ordinary Keeper |
Innkeeper with
fixed prices |
Pattern Maker |
A maker of a
clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern
cut into the end. |
Peregrinator |
Itinerant wanderer |
Peruker |
A wig maker |
Pettifogger |
A shyster lawyer |
Pigman |
Crockery dealer |
Plumber |
One who applied
sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass
windows. |
Porter |
Door keeper |
Puddler |
Wrought iron
worker |
Quarrier |
Quarry worker |
Rigger |
Hoist tackle
worker |
Ripper |
Seller of fish |
Roper |
Maker of rope
or nets |
Saddler |
One who makes,
repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses. |
Sawbones |
Physician |
Sawyer |
One who saws;
carpenter |
Schumacker |
Shoemaker |
Scribler |
A minor or worthless
author |
Scrivener |
Professional
or public copyist or writer; notary public |
Scrutiner |
Election judge |
Shrieve |
Sheriff |
Slater |
Roofer |
Slopseller |
Seller of ready-made
clothes in a slop shop |
Snobscat / Snob |
One who repaired
shoes |
Sorter |
Tailor |
Spinster |
A woman who spins
or an unmarried woman |
Spurrer |
Maker of spurs |
Squire |
Country gentleman;
farm owner; justice of peace |
Stuff gown |
Junior barrister |
Stuff gownsman |
Junior barrister |
Supercargo |
Officer on merchant
ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the
ship. |
Tanner |
One who tans
(cures) animal hides into leather |
Tapley |
One who puts
the tap in an ale cask |
Tasker |
Reaper |
Teamster |
One who drives
a team for hauling |
Thatcher |
Roofer |
Tide waiter |
Customs inspector |
Tinker |
An itinerant
tin pot and pan seller and repairman |
Tipstaff |
Policeman |
Travers |
Toll bridge collection |
Tucker |
Cleaner of cloth
goods |
Turner |
A person who
turns wood on a lathe into spindles |
Victualer |
A tavern keeper,
or one who provides an army, navy or ship with food |
Vulcan |
Blacksmith |
Wagoner |
Teamster not
for hire |
Wainwright |
Wagon maker |
Waiter |
Customs officer
or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods
brought in |
Waterman |
Boatman who plies
for hire |
Webster |
Operator of looms |
Wharfinger |
Owner of a wharf |
Wheelwright |
One who made
or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. |
Whitesmith |
Tinsmith; worker
of iron who finishes or polishes the work |
Whitewing |
Street sweeper |
Whitster |
Bleach of cloth |
Wright |
Workman, especially
a construction worker |
Yeoman |
Farmer who owns
his own land |