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 Accomptant            Accountant
 Almoner                Giver of charity to the needy
 Amanuensis            Secretary or stenographer
 Artificer                 A soldier mechanic who does repairs
 Bailie                     Bailiff
 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 seems 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; onewho received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arrangedit indue form ready for printing;  one who makes eyelet holes inboots usinga 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 curry
comb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oilorgrease
 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 heavyloads
 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 foranother; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate
 Farrier               A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
 Faulkner              Falconer
 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
 Hoslter               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,  notbound 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 withapattern 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 orstained 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 frnishings 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 supplies
 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