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Accomptant: Accountant
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Almoner: Giver of charity to the needy
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Amanuensis: Secretary or stenographer
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Artificer: A soldier mechanic who does repairs
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Bailie: Bailiff
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Baxter: Baker
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Bluestocking: Female writer
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Boniface: Keeper of an inn
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Brazier: One who works with brass
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Brewster: Beer manufacturer
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Brightsmith: Metal Worker
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Burgonmaster: 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-hem fiber
produced by taking old ropes apart
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Chaisemaker: Carriage maker
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Chandler: Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles;
retailer of groceries
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Chiffonnier: Wig maker
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Clark: Clerk
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Clerk: Clergyman, 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: Priest
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Collier: Coal miner
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Colporteur: 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: Peddler of fruits and vegetables
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Crocker: Potter
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Crowner: Coroner
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Currier: One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who
tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease
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Docker Stevedore: 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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Farrier: A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
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Faulkner: 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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Fuller: One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens
woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who
cleans and finishes cloth
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Gaoler: A keeper of the goal, a jailer
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Glazier: Window glassman
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Hacker: Maker of hoes
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Hatcheler: One who combed out or carded flax
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Haymonger: Dealer in hay
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Hayward: Keeper of fences
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Higgler: Itinerant peddler
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Hillier: 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: Reaper
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Hooper: One who made hoops for casks and barrels
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Huckster: Sells small wares
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Husbandman: A farmer who cultivated the land
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Jagger: 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: Bargeman
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Kempster: Wool comber
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Lardner: Keeper of the cupboard
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Lavender: Washer woman
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Lederer: Leather maker
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Leech: Physician
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Longshoreman: Stevedore
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Lormer: Maker of horse gear
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Malender: Farmer
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Maltster: Brewer
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Manciple: A steward
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Mason: Bricklayer
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Mintmaster: One who issued local currency
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Monger: Seller of goods (ale, fish)
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Muleskinner: Teamster
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Neatherder: Herds cows
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Ordinary Keeper: 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: Itinerant wanderer
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Peruker: A wig maker
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Pettifogger: A shyster lawyer
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Pigman: 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: Door keeper
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Puddler: Wrought iron worker
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Quarrier: Quarry worker
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Rigger: Hoist tackle worker
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Ripper: Seller of fish
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Roper: 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: Physician
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Sawyer: One who saws; carpenter
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Schumacker: Shoemaker
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Scribler: A minor or worthless author
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Scrivener: Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public
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Scrutiner: Election judge
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Shrieve: Sheriff
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Slater: Roofer
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Slopseller: Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
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Snobscat / Snob: One who repaired shoes
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Sorter: Tailor
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Spinster: A woman who spins or an unmarried woman
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Spurrer: Maker of spurs
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Squire: Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
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Stuff gown: Junior barrister
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Stuff gownsman: Junior barrister
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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: Reaper
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Teamster: One who drives a team for hauling
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Thatcher: Roofer
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Tide waiter: Customs inspector
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Tinker Am: itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
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Tipstaff: Policeman
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Travers: Toll bridge collection
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Tucker: 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
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Vulcan: Blacksmith
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Wagoner: Teamster not for hire
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Wainwright: Wagon maker
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Waiter: Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to
collect duty on goods brought in.
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Waterman Boatman who plies for hire
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Webster: Operator of looms
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Wharfinger: Owner of a wharf
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Wheelwright: One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages,etc.
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Whitesmith: Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work
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Whitewing: Street sweeper
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Whitster: Bleach of cloth
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Wright: Workman, especially a construction worker
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Yeoman: Farmer who owns his own land
