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Accomptant |
An Accountant |
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Almoner |
One who gave charity to the needy |
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Amanuensis |
A Secretary or Stenographer |
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Artificer |
A soldier mechanic who does repairs |
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Bailie |
A Bailiff |
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Baxter |
A Baker |
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Bluestocking |
A Female Writer |
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Boniface |
An Inn Keeper |
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Brazier |
One who works with brass |
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Brewster |
A beer manufacturer |
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Brightsmith |
A Metal worker |
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Burgonmaster |
A Mayor |
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Caulker |
One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seems to make
them watertight by using tar or oakum |
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Chaisemaker |
A Carriage maker |
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Chandler |
A Dealer or trader One who makes or sells candles A retailer of
groceries |
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Chiffonnier |
A Wig maker |
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Clerk |
A Clergyman or Cleric |
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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 eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked |
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Cohen |
A Priest |
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Collier |
A Coal miner |
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Colporteur |
A peddler of books |
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Cooper |
One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops such as
casks, barrels, tubs, etc |
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Cordwainer |
Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from
Cordova/Cordoba in Spain |
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Costermonger |
A Peddler of fruits and vegetables |
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Crocker |
A Potter |
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Crofter |
One who farmed another's land and receives part of the crop Used
more in societies of immigrants It differs little from the
'Tenant Farmer' of America and, though some land owners may have
been benevolent it was basically just legal slavery |
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Crowner |
A Coroner |
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Currier |
One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb One who
tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease |
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Docker |
A Dock worker who loads and unloads cargo |
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Dowser |
One who finds water using a rod or witching stick |
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Draper |
A dealer in dry goods |
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Drayman |
One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for
carrying heavy loads |
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Dresser |
A surgeon's assistant in a hospital |
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Drover |
One who drives cattle, sheep, etc to market A dealer in cattle |
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Duffer |
A Peddler |
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Factor |
An Agent, A Commission merchant One who acts or transacts
business for another A Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate |
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Farrier |
A blacksmith, one who shoes horses |
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Faulkner |
A Falconer |
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Fell Monger |
One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for
leather making |
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Fletcher |
One who made bows and arrows |
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Glazier |
A Window glassman |
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Hacker |
A Hoe Maker |
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Hatcheler |
One who combed out or carded flax |
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Haymonger |
A Dealer in hay |
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Hayward |
A Keeper of fences |
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Higgler |
An Itinerant peddler |
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Hillier |
A Roof tiler |
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Hind |
A farm laborer |
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Holster |
A groom who took care of horses, often at an Inn |
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Hooker |
A Reaper |
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Hooper |
One who made hoops for casks and barrels |
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Huckster |
A peddler of small wares |
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Husbandman |
A farmer who cultivated the land |
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Jagger |
A Fish peddler |
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Journeyman |
One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft,
not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day |
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Joyner/Joiner |
A skilled carpenter |
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Keeler |
A Bargeman |
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Kempster |
A Wool comber |
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Lardner |
A Keeper of the cupboard |
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Lavender |
A Wash Woman |
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Lederer |
A Leather Maker |
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Leech |
A Physician |
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Longshoreman |
A Stevedore |
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Lormer |
A Maker of horse gear |
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Machinist |
A worker who fabricates, assembles, or repairs machinery or a
craftsman skilled in the use of machine tools, or one who
operates a machine |
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Malender |
A Farmer |
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Maltster |
A brewer, a beer maker |
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Manciple |
A steward |
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Mason |
A bricklayer One who builds things from stone |
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Millwright |
One whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting
up their machinery One who maintains and cares for mechanical
equipment, as of a mill or factory |
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Mintmaster |
One who issued local currency |
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Monger |
A Seller of goods, usually fish and ale |
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Muleskinner |
A Teamster |
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Neatherder |
A cattle hearder |
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Ordinary Keeper |
An Innkeeper with fixed prices |
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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 |
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Peregrinator |
An Itinerant wanderer |
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Peruker |
A Wig maker |
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Pettifogger |
A shyster lawyer |
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Pigman |
A Crockery dealer |
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Plumber |
One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for
plain or stained glass windows |
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Porter |
A Door Keeper |
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Puddler |
Wrought iron worker The skilled man who supervised the moten
mass, deciding when it was ready for shingling, hammering and
rolling |
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Quarrier |
A Quarry worker |
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Rigger |
A Hoist tackle worker |
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Ripper |
A Seller of fish |
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Roper |
A Maker of rope or nets |
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Saddler |
One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for
horses |
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Sawbones |
A Physician |
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Sawyer |
One who saws A Carpenter |
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Schumacker |
A Shoemaker |
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Scribler |
A minor author |
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Scrivener |
A Professional or public copyist or writer A Notary public |
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Scrutiner |
An election judge |
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Shrieve |
A Sheriff |
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Slater |
A Roofer |
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Snobscat/Snob |
One who repaired shoes |
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Sorter |
A Tailor |
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Spinster |
A woman who spins or an unmarried woman |
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Spurrer |
A maker of spurs |
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Squire |
A Country gentleman, A Farm owner, The Justice of the Peace |
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Stuff Gown |
A Junior barrister |
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Stuff Gownsman |
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Supercargo |
Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the
commercial concerns of the ship |
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Tanner |
One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather |
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Tapley |
One who puts the tap in an ale cask |
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Tasker |
A Reaper |
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Teamster |
One who drives a team for hauling |
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Tenant Farmer |
One who leases or purchases a small plot of land from another
and then must make the payments from his crops or other means of
work Southern States primarily (but most to some extent) used
this as a means to maintain a cheap labor pool for their own
larger land owners It differed little from actual slavery and
any attempt to address the poverty of these people was
vigorously fought |
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Thatcher |
A Roofer |
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Tide Waiter |
A Customs inspector |
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Tinker |
An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman |
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Tipstaff |
A Policeman |
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Travers |
Toll bridge collection |
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Traymaker |
A maker of wooden household implements |
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Tucker |
A Cleaner of cloth goods |
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Turner |
A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles |
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Victualer |
A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with
food supplies |
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Vulcan |
A Blacksmith |
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Wagoner |
A Teamster not for hire |
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Wainwright |
A Wagon Maker |
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Waiter |
A Customs officer or tide waiter One who waited on the tide to
collect duty on goods brought in |
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Waterman |
A Boatman who plies for hire |
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Weaver |
Applied to those who weave cloth with a loom or spinning wheel
and also those who wove baskets |
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Wheelwright |
One who made or repaired wheels, wheeled carriages, etc |
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Whitesmith |
A Tinsmith A worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work |
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Whitewing |
A Street Sweeper |
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Whitster |
A bleacher of cloth |
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Wright |
Workman, especially a construction worker |
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Yoeman |
A Farmer who owns his own land |
