ACATER - Supplied Food Provisions, Example. A Ships Chandler
ACCIPITRARY - A Falconer
ACCOMPTANT - An Accountant
ACCOUCHEUR / ACCOUCHEUS - Assisted Women In Childbirth
ACCOUTREMENT MAKER / ACCOUTER - Supplied Military Accessories
ACKERMAN / ACREMAN - A Ploughman, An Oxherder
ACTUARY - Keeper Of Public Accounts Of Business
ADMINISTRATOR - One That Directs The Affairs Of Others
ADVERTISEMENT CONVEYANCER - One That Walks With A Sandwich Board
ADVOCATE DEPUTE - A Scottish Law Officer Who Could Also Act As A Public Prosecutor
ADVOWEE - Usually A Nobleman, Who Had The Right To Present A Clergyman To A Benefice
AERONAUT - Balloonist Or A Trapeze Artist In The Circus Or Music Halls
AFFEEROR - Official In The Manorial Courts Who Assessed The Monetary Penalty And Also Collected Taxes And Dues And Were Also Called Assessor
AGISTER - Official Of The Royal Forests Or In The New Forest It Is The Title For The One In Charge Of The Ponies
ALABASTERER - Worked With Alabaster
ALBLASTERE - A Crossbow Man
ALCHEMIST - Medieval Chemist Who Claimed To Be Able To Turn Base Metals Into Gold
ALDERMAN - Senior Councilor, One Position Down From Mayor In The Local Council
ALE-CONNER / ALE FOUNDER - Official Who Tested Quality And Measure Of Ale Served In Public Houses
ALE DRAPER - A Seller Of Ale
ALE TASTER - Tested Ale And Beer For Quality First Recorded In 1377 In London. Appointed By The Manor And Forerunner Of The Inspector For Weights & Measures
ALE TUNNER - Employed By The Brewery To Fill Ale Casks (Tuns} With Ale
ALEWIFE - Woman Who Keeps An Alehouse Or Tavern
ALL SPICE - A Name For A Grocer
ALMONER - Gave Out Alms Or Charity To The Poor On Behalf Of The Parish
ALMSMAN - Received Alms
ALNAGER - Official Who Examined The Quality Of Woolen Goods And Stamped Them With The Town Seal Of Approval
AMANUENSIS - Secretary Or Stenographer
AMBER & JET CUTTER - Cut And Polished Amber For Jewelry
AMEN MAN - A Parish Clerk
ANCHOR SMITH - Made Anchors
ANCHORESS - A Female Hermit Or Religious Recluse
ANCHORITE - A Male Hermit Or Religious Recluse
ANILEPMAN - Smallholder (Tenant Of The Manor)
ANGLE IRON SMITH - Made Angle Iron I.e. Flat Iron Bars Bent At Right Angles Lengthwise
ANKLE BEATER - Young Person Who Helped To Drive The Cattle To Market
ANNATTO MAKER - Worked In The Manufacture Of Dyes For Paint Or Printing
ANTIGROPELOS MAKER - Made Waterproof Leggings
ANVIL SMITH - Made Anvils And Hammers For Blacksmiths
APIARIAN - A Beekeeper
APOTHECARY - Prepared And Sold Medicines Or Drugs; Pharmacist
APPARITOR - Official Who Summoned Witnesses In The Ecclesiastical Courts
APPRENTICE - Was Bound To A Skilled Worker For A Specified Time To Learn A Trade
APRONEER - Term Used In London For A Shopkeeper
APRONMAN - A Mechanic
AQUARIUS (EWAR) - Waterman
ARCHIATOR - A Physician
ARCHIL MAKER - Made A Violet Dye From Lichens, Used In The Textile Industry
ARKWRIGHT - Skilled Craftsman Who Produced "Arks" (Wooden Chests Or Coffers)
ARMIGER - Squire Who Carried The Armor Of A Knight
ARMOURER - Made Suits Of Armor Or Plates Of Armor For Buildings Or Ships Etc.
ASSAY MASTER - Determined The Amount Of Gold Or Silver To Go In Coins
AUGER MAKER - Made The Carpenters Augers (Used For Boring Holes In Wood)
AULNAGER - See Alnager
AURIFABER - A Goldsmith
AVENATOR (PLANTIFENE) - A Hay And Forage Merchant
AVOWRY - A Term For The Lord Of The Manor
AXEL TREE MAKER / AXEL TREE TURNER - Made Axles For Coaches And Wagons
BACKMAKER - Made "Backs", Vats, Tubs, A Cooper
BACKSTER / BAXTER - A Baker
BACK'US BOY - Kitchen Servant (From "Back Of The House")
BACK WASHER - Employed To Clean The Wool In The Worsted Manufacturing Industry
BADGER - Licensed Pauper Who Wore A Badge With The Letter P On It And Could Only Work In A Defined Area (The Term "Badgering Comes From This"). A Corn Miller Or Dealer Or An Itinerant Food Trader
BADGY FIDDLER - A Boy Trumpeter In The Military
BAGMAN - A Traveling Salesman
BAGNIOKEEPER - N Charge Of A Bath House Or Brothel
BAILIFF / BAILIE / BAILLIE / BAILLEE - Officer Of The Sheriff, A Land Steward Acting On Behalf Of The Landowner Or Landlord And In Scotland A Magistrate Of The Burgh, Also Looked After The Fishing Rights On Certain Rivers
BAIRMAN / BAREMAN - A Pauper Or Beggar
BALER - Bales Hay And In The Mills One Who Bailed Wool Or Cotton Goods
BALISTER - An Archer Most Commonly A Crossbowman
BALLAST HEAVER - Loaded Ballast Into The Hold Of Empty Ships
BALLARD MASTER - In Charge Of Loading The Ballast Into The Hold Of Empty Ships
BALLER / BALLER UP - Assisted The Potter By Measuring Out The Balls Of Clay
BAL MAIDEN - A Female Mine Worker Who Worked On The Surface (Also A Pit Brow Lass)
BAND FILER - A Metal Worker In The Gun Making Industry
BANDSTER - Bound The Wheat Sheaves After Harvest
BANG BEGGAR - Officer Of The Parish Who Controlled The Length Of Stay Of Any Stranger To The Parish
BANKER - Dug Trenches And Ditches To Allow Drainage Of The Land, Placing The Surplus Earth In Banks Around The Edge
BANKSMAN - Employed In The Mining Industry Being In Charge Of The Cages At The Pit Head (Sometimes Known As A Bank Manager)
BARBER / BARBER SURGEON - A Barber Also A Surgeon (An Act Was Passed That Limited Barbers To Hair-Cutting, Shaving, Dentistry And Blood Letting In The 18th Century)
BARD - A Poet Or Minstrel
BAREMAN - A Beggar Or Pauper
BARGEE / BARGEMAN - Worked On Or Owned And Operated A Barge
BARGE MATE - A Naval Officer
BARILLA MANUFACTURER - Made Barilla, A Substance Obtained From Burning Saltworts, The Resulting Mixture Of Sodium Salts Being Used In The Glass And Ceramics Industry
BARKEEPER - Another Name For A Toll keeper
BARKER - A Tanner
BAXTER - A Baker
BELHOSTE - A Tavern Keeper.
BARTONER - In Charge Of The Monastic Farm, Also Known As A Barton
BASIL WORKER - Worked With Sheep And Goat Skins
BASKETMAN - Made Baskets And Furniture From Wicker, And Also Employed To Empty The Basket Of Coal Being Offloaded From The Colliers Into The Barges
BASS / BAST DRESSER - Employed In Dressing Fiber Or Matting
BATHING MACHINE PROPRIETOR - Owned And Hired The Changing Huts Used At The Seaside In The By Bathers
BATMAN - Officers Servant In The Army
BATT MAKER - Made The Wadding Used In Quilt And Mattress Making
BATTLEDORE MAKER - Made The Beaters Used On Clothes Carpets Etc. To Remove The Dust (Later Made The Paddles Used In Washing Machines)
BAYWEAVER - Who Wove Bay (A Fine Woolen Fabric Also Known As Baize)
BEADLE / BEDEL / BEDELL - Officer Of The Parish Whose Principle Duty Was To Keep Order, Also Was The Town Crier
BEADMAN / BEADSMAN / BEDESMAN - Employed To Pray For His Employer. The Inhabitant Of An Almshouse / Poorhouse / Hospital. A Tenant Employed By The Manor For A Specific Service
BEAD PIERCER - Employed To Drill The Holes In Beads
BEAMER - Winds The Warp On The Roller Before Putting It On The Loom In The Textile Industry
BEARER - Worked Underground Carrying The Coal To The Bottom Of The Pit Shaft And Placed It In The Containers For Uplifting To The Surface
BEATER - Cleansed And Thickened The Cloth By Treading It Underwater With Fullers Earth (AKA Fuller)
BEAVER - Made Felt Used In Hat Making
BEDMAN - A Sexton
BEDRAL - In Scotland A Minor Church Official
BEDWEVERE - Made The Webbing For Bed Frames And Also A One Who Wove Quilts
BEESKEPMAKER - Made Beehives
BEETLER - Operated A Beetling Machine, Used In The Textile Trade For Embossing Fabric
BELLEYETERE - A Bellfounder
BELLFOUNDER / BELTER / BILLITER - Made Bells
BELL HANGER - Installed Bells In Churches
BELLMAN - Employed As A Watchman Or Town Crier Or Who Worked For The Post Office And Collected Letters For The Mail Coach By Walking The Streets And Ringing A Bell
BELLOWFARMER - Responsible For The Care And Maintenance Of The Church Organ
BELLOWS MAKER - Made Bellows Used For Organs Or Blacksmiths Fires
BELLY BUILDER - Built And Fitted The Interiors Of Pianos
BENDER - Cut Leather
BESSWARDEN - Appointed By The Parish To Look After Its Animals
BESOM MAKER - Made Brooms
BIDDY - Female Servant Usually Of Irish Stock
BILLIER / BILLYMAN - Operated A Billy Roller, A Machine Used In The Cotton Industry To Prepare The Cotton For Spinning
BILL POSTER - Put Up Notices, Signs And Advertisements
BINDER - Bound Items, E.G., Books, Hats Etc.
BIRD BOY - Employed To Scare Away Birds From Crops
BIRD CATCHER - Caught Birds For Selling
BIRDS NEST SELLER - Sold Bird Nests Collected From The Wild Complete With Eggs Which Were Then Hatched By Domestic Birds And Sold As Pets
BIRLYMAN - In Scotland A Ground Officer Or Parish Arbiter
BLACK TRAY MAKER - Made Japanned Trays
BLACKING MAKER - Made Polish For Shoes
BLACK BORDERER - Made Black Edged Stationery For Funerals
BLADESMITH - Swordmaker Or Knife Maker
BLAXTER / BLEACHER - Bleached Cloth Or Paper Pulp
BLEMMERE - A Plumber
BLENTONIST - A Water Diviner
BLINDSMAN - Employed By The Post Office To Deal With Incorrectly Addressed Letters And Parcels
BLOCKCUTTER / BLOCKER - Made Wooden Blocks Used In The Hat Trade Or Laid Down The Blocks On Which A Ships Keel Was Laid
BLOCK MAKER - Engraved The Blocks Used In The Printing
BLOCK PRINTER - Printer Who Used Wooden Blocks For Printing
BLOODMAN / BLOODLETTER - Used Leeches For Letting Blood, This Was Thought To Be A Cure For Many Ailments
BLOOMER - Produced Iron From Ore, A Bloom Smithy
BLOWER - Glass Blower, One Who Operated A "Blowing Machine" Used To Clean And Separate Fibers In The Textile Trade, One Who Operated The Bellows At A Blacksmiths
BLOWFEEDER - Fed The Fibers Into A "Blowing Machine"
BLUESTOCKING - A Female Writer
BLUFFER - Innkeeper Or Landlord Of A Pub
BOARDING OFFICER - Inspected Ships Before Entering Port
BOARDMAN - Truant Officer Who Checked School Attendance. A Tenant Of Manorial Land Who Paid Rent By Maintaining The Manor's Table
BOARDWRIGHT - Made Tables And Chairs AKA Carpenter
BOATMAN - Worked On A Boat, Predominately On Rivers And Canals Also The Name Given To A Boat Repairer
BOATSWAIN - Ship's Officer In Charge Of Riggings & Sails
BOBBER - Who Polished Metals One Who Helped To Unload Fishing Boats
BOBBIN CARRIER - Worked In Spinning And Weaving Sections Of The Mills
BOBBIN TURNER - Made The Bobbins Used In The Spinning And Weaving Industry
BOBBY - Policeman Usually Of Constable Rank
BODEYS / BODY MAKER - Made Bodices For Women’s Garments
BODGER - Craftsman Who Made Wooden Chair Legs And The Spars And Usually Worked In The Actual Woodland That They Cut The Timber In
BOILERMAKER - Worked With Metal In Any Industrial Setting
BOILER PLATER - Made Rolled Iron Plate Used To Make Boilers For Steam Engines Etc.
BOLL - Looked After Power Looms In The Weaving Industry
BOLTER - Sifted Meal
BONDAGER - Female Worker On A Farm Who Was Bonded
BONDMAN - Bonded To A Master For The Purpose Of Learning A Skill Or Trade
BONDSMAN - Stood Bond Or Surety For Another Where A Bond Was Required By Law
BONE BUTTON TURNER - Made Buttons Using A Lathe
BONE LACE MAKER - Made Pillow Lace
BONE MOLD TURNER - Made The Molds For Button Manufacturers
BONE PICKER - Collected Rags And Bones AKA Rag And Bone Man
BONESETTER - Set Broken Bones
BONIFACE - Keeper Of An Inn
BOOK GILDER - Decorated Books With Gold Leaf
BOOKHOLDER - Prompter In The Theater
BOOK KEEPER - Looked After The Accounts For Businesses
BOOKMAN - A Student
BOONMASTER - Surveyor Of Roads With The Responsibilities Of Maintaining And Repairing The Road
BOOTBINDER - Employed To Operate The Machines Which Bound Footwear
BOOT CATCHER - Servant At Inn Who Pulled Off Traveler's Boots
BOOT CLOSER - Worked In The Shoe Trade Stitching Together All The Parts Of A Shoe Upper
BOOTHMAN - A Corn Merchant
BORLER - Who Made Cheap Coarse Clothing
BORSHOLDER - Regional Name (Kent) For A Constable
BOTCHER - A Tailor Or Cobbler
BOTTILER / BOTTLER - Made Leather Containers For Holding Liquids E.g. Wine Flasks Or Water Bottles
BOTTLE BOY - A Pharmacists Assistant
BOTTOM MAKER - Molded The Bottoms For Saggers In The Pottery Industry
BOTTOM KNOCKER - Sagger Makers Assistant In The Pottery Industry
BOTTOMER - Worked Down The Pits Moving The Ore Etc. To The Bottom Of The Shaft For Removal
BOWDLER - Worked With Iron Ore
BOWKER - Bleached Yarn. A Local Term In Some Parts Of Lancashire For A Butcher
BOWLER - Made Bowls And Dishes And Also A Term Used For Those Who Made The Rounded Part Of Spoons Before Casting
BOWLMAN / BOWLWOMAN - A Dealer In Crockery
BOWLMINDER - In Charge Of The Vats Used For Washing Raw Wool Before Processing
BOWYER / BOWER - Made Bows Used In Archery
BOZZLER - Parish Constable
BRABENER - A Weaver
BRACHYGRAPHER - Shorthand Writer
BRAIDER - Made Cord By Twisting Threads Or Strips Of Leather
BRAILLER - Made Girdles
BRAKEMAN / BRAKESMAN - Operated The Winch At The Pit Head Or Operated The Braking Mechanism On Trains And Trams
BRASILER - Dyer
BREWSTER - Female Brewer
BRIGHTSMITH - Metal Worker
BROOM SQUIRE - Broom Maker
BROTHERER / BROWDERER / BRODERER / BROIDERER - Embroiderer
BROW GIRL - Female Employed At The Pit Head
BROWNSMITH - Works With Copper Or Brass
BUCKLER / BUCKLESMITH - Made Buckles
BUCKLE TONGUE MAKER - Made The Metal Points That Go In The Holes Of A Belt
BUCKRAM MAKER - Worked With Buckram (Used In Stiffening Materials) E.G. Belts, Lapels And Collars
BUCK WASHER - A Laundress
BUDDLEBOY - Employed To Use And Maintain The Vats Used In The Lead And Tin Mines For Washing The Ore
BUFFALO SOLDIER - Soldier Serving In A Black Regiment In The US Army In The West
BULLWHACKER - Oxen Driver
BUMBOAT MAN - Met Ships At Anchor With Goods For Passengers And Crew To Purchase
BUMMER - An Army Deserter
BUMMAREE - Middle Man Between The Wholesaler And The Retailer At The Fish Markets
BUNTER - Female Rag & Bone Collector
BURGESS - Represented A Borough At Official Levels BURELER - Made Borel, A Woolen Cloth With A Coarse Feel
BURGOMASTER - A Mayor
BURLER - Quality Inspector For Clothing
BURMAIDEN - Chambermaid Or Lady-In-Waiting
BURNEMAN - Carrier Of Barm Or Water For Brewers
BURYE MAN - A Grave Digger
BUSHEL MAKER - A Cooper
BUSHELER - Tailor's Helper
BUSS MAKER - A Maker Of Guns
BUSKER - A Hair Dresser
BUTNER - A Button Maker
BUTTER CARVER - Made Imprints In Butter Pats
BUTTON BURNISHER - Button Polisher
BUTTY - Negotiated Mining Contracts And Supplied The Labor
CADDY BUTCHER - Butcher That Dealt In Horse Meat
CADDIE - A Messenger Or Errand Boy
CADGER - A Beggar
CAFENDER - A Carpenter
CAFFLER - Rag And Bone Collector
CAINER - Made Walking Sticks
CAIRD - Another Term For A Tinker
CALCINER - Burnt Bones To Make Powdered Lime
CALENDER - One Who Listed Documents
CALENDERER / CALENDERMAN / CALENDER WORKER - Operated A Machine Which Pressed Using Two Large Rollers (Calender) Used To Press And Finish Fabrics Or Paper
CALICO PRINTER - Dyed And Colored Calico
CAMBRIC MAKER - Made A Fine Linen Or Cotton Fabric Called Cambric
CAMISTER - Minister Of The Cloth
CANDLE MAKER / CANDLER - Who Made And Sold Candles
CAMBIST - A Banker
CAMERIST - Lady's Maid
CAMLET MERCHANT - Seller Of Camlet, Cloth Used To Make Cloaks & Petticoats
CANDY MAN - Traveling Candy Salesman And Also Slang Name For A Baliff
CANCELLARIUS - Chancellor
CANER / CHAIR BOTTOMER - One Who Made The Seats For Chairs Out Of Woven Cane
CANNALLER - Canal Boat Worker
CANTER - Religious Speaker Who Uses Cant
CANTING CALLER - Auctioneer
CANVASER - One Who Made Canvas
CAPER - A Cap Maker
CAPPER / CAP MAKER - Made Caps Usually Worn By The Working Class
CAPTAIN - In Charge Of A Ship Or A Group Of Soldiers And Also Term For An Overseer
CARDROOMER - Term For Anyone Who Worked In The Carding Room Of The Mills
CARDER - Cards Wool
CARDMAKER - Maker Of Cards Or Instruments For Combing Wool
CARMAN / CHARMAN / CARTER / CARRIER - One Who Drove A Vehicle Used To Transport Goods
CARD NAILER / NAILORA - Maintained The Teeth (Nails) On The Carding Machine Used For Preparing Wool And Cotton For Weaving
CARNIFEX - A Butcher
CARPENTARIUS - A Carpenter
CART WHEELER - One Who Made Cart Wheels
CARTOGRAPHER - A Map Maker
CARTOMANCER - A Fortune Teller Who Used Cards
CARTWRIGHT - A Maker Of Carts & Wagons
CASHMARIE - One Who Sold Fish Usually At Inland Markets
CASTER / CASTORA - Made Small Bottles Used For Sprinkling Salt, Pepper, Sugar Etc.
CASTRATOR - Who Castrated Farm Animals AKA Gelder
CATAGMAN - A Cottager
CATCHPOLE / CATCHPOLLA - Sheriff's Assistance Or Bailiff
CATECHISTA - A Teacher Of Religion
CATTLE JOBBER - Buys And Sells Cattle
CAULKER - Filled Up Cracks (In Ships Or Windows) Or Seams To Make Them Watertight
CEILER - Puts Up The Ceilings In Buildings
CELLARMAN - Looked After The Beer, Wines And Spirits In Public Houses Or The Warehouse
CEMMER - Hand Combed The Yarn Before Weaving
CHAFF CUTTER - Made Chaff By Cutting Straw
CHAFFERER - A Dealer In Chaff
CHAIR BODGER - Traveling Chair Repairman
CHAISE MAKER - Made Carts From Wicker
CHALONER - Dealer In Shalloon, A Material Made In Chƒlons
CHAMBERLAIN - Steward To Either Royalty Or Nobility, In Charge Of The Household
CHAMBERMAID - Female Servant Attending To Bedrooms In Houses Or Inns
CHAMBER MASTER - Shoemaker That Worked From Home As An Outworker Or Selling Direct
CHAUNTER - Street Entertainer Who Sung Ballads
CHEESE FACTOR / CHEESEMAN / CHEESE MONGER - Dealer In Cheeses
CHANDLER - Candle Seller, Grocer, Provisioner, Usually Associated With Provisioning Ships
CHANTY MAN - Sailor That Led The Singing Of Shanties On Board Ship
CHAPELER - Made And Sold Hats CHAPMAN / COPEMAN / PETTY CHAPMAN / CEAPMAN - Dealer Or Peddler Of Goods Usually Itinerant Going From Village To Village.
CHARCOAL BURNER - Made Charcoal Usually In The Woods Where The Trees Were Cut
CHARTMASTER - Middleman That Negotiated Mining Contracts And Supplied The Labor
CHARWOMAN - A Cleaning Woman
CHATELAINE - Mistress Of A Castle Or House
CHIFFONIER - A Ragpicker
CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE KEEPER / DEALER - Hired Bedlinen For Childbirth As Most Children Were Born At Home
CHIMNEY SWEEP - A Chimney Cleaner
CHINGLOR - Roof Tiler Who Used Wooden Shingles
CHIP - Shipwright Or Carpenter
CHIPPERS LABOURER - Assistant To A Shipwright Or Ships Carpenter
CHIROPODIST - Treats Diseases Of The Feet & Hands
CHIRUGION Or CHIRURGEON - Apothecary Or Surgeon
CHOWDER - A Fish Monger
CHRONOLOGIST - Recorded Official Events Of Historical Importance
CINDER WENCH - Female Who Collected The Cinders From Gas Works And Sold Them Door To Door
CLAKER - A Magician/Astrologer
CLAPMAN - A Town Crier
CLASSMAN - An Unemployed Laborer
CLAVIGER - A Servant
CLAY CARRIER - Assistant To The Shot Firer In The Pits
CLAYMAN / CLEYMAN - Worked In The Clay Pits Usually Preparing The Clay For Making Bricks And Also One Who Coated The Outside Of Buildings With Clay To Make Them Water Proof
CLERICUS - Clerk
CLICKER - Worked In The Shoe Trade Cutting Out The Uppers Made The Shoelace Holes And One In Charge Of The Final Stage Of Layout Before Printing In Printing Industry
CLIPPER / CLIPPER ON / CLIPPER OFF - Attached The Coal Carts To The Wire Or Rope Which Was Used To Drag The Carts To And From The Coal Face
CLOD HOPPER - A Plowman
CLOGGER - Maker Of Wooden Shoes
CLOTH LAPPER - Took The Cloth From The Carding Machine Readied It For The Next Process
CLOTH LINTER / CLOTH PICKER - Removed Unwanted Threads And Lint From The Finished Material
CLOTHIER / CLOTHESMAN / CLOTHMAN - Who Made Or Sold Clothes
CLOUTER / CLOWER - Made Nails Also Another Term For A Shoemaker For The Former Term
COACHMAN / COACH DRIVER - Drove Any Coach
COAL BACKER - Carried The Sacks Of Coal From The Coal Barge To The Coal Wagons
COAL BURNER - Made Charcoal
COAL DRAWER - Worked In The Mines Pushing Or Dragging The Coal Carts To The Bottom Of The Pit
COAL HEAVER - Unloaded Coal COALMAN / COAL MERCHANT / COAL HIGGLER - Sold Coal Usually From A Horse And Cart, House To House.
COALMETER - Measured The Coal
COAL RUNNER - Attended The Coal Carts Underground
COAL WHIPPER - Unloaded Coal From Ships Using Baskets Attached To A Simple Form Of Crane
COAST SURVEYOR / WAITER - Customs Officer Who Watched Over The Ofloading Off Goods On The Coast
COBBLER - A Shoemaker
COBLEMAN - Used A Flat Bottomed Boat For Fishing
COCUS - A Cook
COD PLACER - Put Fire Proof Containers Which Held The Pottery For Firing Into The Kiln
COINER - Worked At The Mint Stamping Out Coins
COLLAR MAKER - Made Horse Collars And One Who Made Shirt Collars
COLLIER - Coal Miner, A Coal Merchant Or One Who Worked On The Coal Barges
COLONUS - Latin For Farmer Or Husbandman
COLPORTEUR - Traveling Bible Or Religious Book Salesman
COLOURATOR / COLORATORA - Worked With Dyes
COLOUR MAN - Mixed The Dyes In The Textile Trade And Also Assistant To A House Painter
COMBER Or COMBERE - Combs Wool
COMB MAKER - Made Combs Either For The Textile Industry For Combing Wool Etc. Or The Maker Of Hair Combs
COMPOSITOR - Set The Type Ready For Printing
CONDER / CONNER - Gave Steering Instructions To The Steersman And Also Gave Directions To Inshore Fisherman Of Fish Movements On Shoals (Usually From The Top Of Cliffs Or Rocks)
CONEY CATCHER - A Rabbit Catcher
CONFECTIONER - Candy Maker
CONNER - Inspector Or Tester
COOPER Or CUPER - A Maker Of Barrels
COPEMAN / COPER - Dealer In Goods And Also Dishonest Dealer In Horses In The Latter Case
COPPERBEATER / COPPERBETER - Coppersmith
COPPERSMITH - Worked With Copper
CORACLE MAKER - Made Coracles, A Small Round Boat Used For Fishing
CORDINER / CORDWAINER / CORVINER / CORVISOR - Originally Term Used For One Who Worked With Cordovan (A Special Leather From Spain) But Later Term Used For Shoemaker
COSTERMONGER - A Fruit Seller
COSTER WIFE - Female Fruit Seller
COTILER - A Cutler
COUPER - One Who Buys & Sells
COURANTEER - A Journalist
COWHERD - A Cow Tender
COXWAIN - Ship Or Boat Helmsman
CRIER - Law Court Officer, Auctioneer, Town Announcer
CRIMPER - Member Of Navy Press Gang
CROFTER - Tenant Of A Small Piece Of Land
CROPPER - Tenant Who Is Paid With A Share Of The Crop
CROWNER - A Coroner
CUHREUR (CUNREUR) - Currier
CURER - Cures Tobacco
CURRETTER - A Broker
CURRIER - Cures Or Tans Hides
CUSTOMER - Customs Tax Collector
CUTLER - Knife Seller Or Sharpener
DAIRYMAN - Worker Or Owner Of A Dairy Farm Or Seller Of Dairy Products
DAMSTER - Builder Of Dams For Logging Purposes
DAY LABORER - Hired On A Day-By-Day Basis
DEATHSMAN - An Executioner
DEPATER - A Precious Metal Refiner
DEY WIFE - A Female Dairy Worker
DEXTER - A Dyer
DISTILLER - Maker Of Alcoholic Beverages
DOCKER - Dock Worker, Longshoreman
DOCK WALLOPER - Dock Worker, Longshoreman
DOG LEECH - A Veterinarian
DOMESMAN - A Judge
DOMESTIC - Household Servant
DOOR KEEPER - Guard, Janitor, Or Porter
DOWSER - A Water Finder
DRAGOON - Mounted Infantryman
DRAYMAN - A Cart Driver
DRESSER - One Who Dresses Another, Surgeon's Assistant
DRIVER - A Slave Overseer
DROVER - A Sheep Or Cattle Driver
DRUGGER - A Pharmacist
DRUMMER - A Traveling Salesman
DRY SALTER - Dealer In Pickles, Dried Meats, And Sauces
DUBBERE - Cloth Dubber, I.E., One Who Raises The Nap Of Cloth.
DUFFER - A Peddler Of Cheap Goods
DUSTMAN - Janitor Or Garbage Collector
EARER - A Plowman
EARTH STOPPER - One Who Plugs Up Animal Holes
EGGLER - Egg Or Poultry Dealer
ELYMAKER - Oilmaker
EMPRESARIO - Land Broker, Settlement Scheme Promoter, Showman
EREMITE - A Hermit
ERITE - A Heretic
ESTAFETTE - Mounted Courier
EXCISEMAN - Excise Tax Collector
FABER - Artisan Or Workman
FABRICATOR - A Maker
FACTOR - Agent Selling Goods On Commission
FANCY MAN - A Pimp
FANCY WOMAN - A Prostitute
FARANDMAN - A Traveling Merchant
FARRIER - Horse Shoer Or Blacksmith
FAWKNER - A Trainer Of Falcons
FEEDER - A Herdsman
FELLER - A Woodcutter
FELL MONGER - Remover Of Hair Or Wool From Hides In Leather Making
FERUR (FERATOR) - Farrier Or Blacksmith
FEVER - A Blacksmith
FEWTERER - Tender Of Greyhounds
FILIBUSTER - American Mercenaries In South America, Gun Runners
FISHER (FISHDRYVER) - Victualler
FISH FAG - Female Fish Monger
FITTER - A Coal Broker
FLAUNER - A Confectioner
FLESHER - Butcher Or Tannery Worker
FLESHEWER - A Butcher
FLESHMONGER - A Pimp
FLETCHER - Made Bows And Arrows
FOGGER - Peddler Or Low Class Lawyer
FOOT MAIDEN - A Female Servant
FOOT MAN - Servant Who Ran Errands
FORESTER - Game Warden Or Forest Ranger
FRAMER - One Who Frames Houses
FREEDMAN - One Released From Slavery
FREEMASON - A Stonecutter
FRIPPERER - A Buyer & Seller Of Old Clothes
FRISEUR - A Hair Dresser
FRUITERER - A Fruit Seller
FRUITESTERE - Female Fruit Seller
FULKER - A Pawnbroker
FULLER - Cloth Worker Who Shrinks, Beats And Presses The Cloth
FURBISHER - Armor Polisher
FURNER - A Baker
FURRIER - A Seller Or Maker Of Furs
GABELER - A Tax Collector
GAFFER - Foreman Of A Work Crew
GAGER - Tax Collector Of Liquor Taxes
GANGSMAN - A Foreman
GEOMETER - Skilled In Geometry
GILDER - Applies Gold Leaf
GIRDLER - Girdle Maker
GLAZIER - Glass Cutter Or Window Classman
GOLDSMITH - Maker Of Gold Articles, Banker
GOOSE HERD - Tends Geese
GRACE WIFE - A Midwife
GRANGER - A Farmer
GRAVER - An Engraver
GRAZIER - Pastures And Raises Cattle
GREAVE - A Bailiff Or Sheriff
GREEN GROCER - Fruit And Vegetable Seller
HABERDASHER - Seller Of Men's Clothing
HACKER - A Maker Of Hoes
HACKNEY MAN - Renter Of Horses & Carriages
HANDWOMAN - Midwife Or Female Attendant
HATCHLER - A Cleaner Of Flax
HAWKER - A Peddler
HAYMONGER - A Dealer In Hay
HAYWARD - A Fence Viewer
HEADSWOMAN - A Midwife
HEMPHECKLER - A Flax Worker
HIGHWAYMAN - Robber Who Preys On Public Roads
HIRED MAN - Gardener, Farmhand, Or Stableman
HOBBLER - Boat Tower On A River Or Canal
HODSMAN - A Mason's Assistant
HOOPER - Cooper Involved In Making Casks
HORSE COPER - A Horse Dealer
HORSE COURSER - Owner Of Race Horses
HORSE KNAVE - A Groom
HORSE LEECH - Veterinarian, Farrier
HOSTLER - Cares For Horses, Stableman, Groom
HOUSE JOINER - A House Framer
HOUSE WRIGHT - A House Builder
HUSBANDMAN - A Farmer
ICEMAN - Seller Or Deliverer Of Ice
IDLEMAN - Gentleman Of Leisure
INFIRMARIAN - In Charge Of An Infirmary
INTELLIGENCER - A Spy
INTENDENT - Director Of A Public Or Government Business
INTERFACTOR - A Murderer
IRON MASTER - Owner Or Manager Of A Foundry
JACK - Young Male Assistant, Sailor, Or Lumberjack
JAGGER - A Fish Peddler
JAPANNER - One Who Covers With A Hard Brilliant Coat Of Any Of Several Varnishes
JOBBER - A Buyer In Quantity To Sell To Others, A Pieceworker
JOYNER Or JOINER - Skilled Carpenter
JONGLEUR - A Traveling Minstrel
JOUSTER - A Fish Monger
KEDGER - A Fisherman
KEMPSTER - Wool Comber
KNACKER - Harness Maker, Buyer Of Old Horses
KNOCKKNOBBLER - A Dog Catcher
LACEWOMAN - A Lady's Maid
LASTER - A Shoe Maker
LATTENER - A Brass Worker
LAUNDERER - A Washer
LAVENDER - Washer Woman
LEECH Or SAWBONES - A Physician
LEGERDEMAINIST - A Magician
LIGHTERMAN - Worker On A Flat-bottomed Boat
LIMNER - Illuminator Of Books, Painter Or Drawer
LINENER - A Linen Draper, Shirtmaker
LISTER - A Dyer
LOADSMAN - A Ship's Pilot
LOBLOLLY BOY - A Ship's Doctor's Assistant
LOCK KEEPER - Overseer Of Canal Locks
LONGSHOREMAN - A Stevedore
LORIMER - A Maker Of Horse Gear
LUNGS - Alchemist's Servant Whose Duty Was To Fan The Fire
MALENDER - A Farmer
MALSTER - A Brewer, Maker Or Seller Of Malts
MANCIPLE - A Steward
MANGO - A Slave Dealer
MANTUAMAKER - A Dressmaker
MASON - A Stonecutter
MASTER MARINER - A Ship's Captain
MERCER - A Cloth Seller
METERER - A Poet
MIDWIFE - Experience Woman Who Assists In Child Birth
MILLER - Owner Or Operator Of A Flour Mill
MILLPECK - Sharpener Of Mill Stones
MILLWRIGHT - Designer & Builder Of Mills Or Mill Machinery
MINTMAKER Or MINTMASTER - Issuer Of Local Currency
MIXER - A Bartender
MONGER - (I.E., Fish) - Dealer
MOULDER - A Maker Of Molds Or Castings, Brickmaker
MUDLARK - A Sewer Cleaner, Riverbank Scavenger
MULESKINNER - A Teamster
MULETEER - A Mule Driver
NAVIGATOR - A Laborer Building Canals Or Railways
NEDELLER - A Needle Maker
NEATHHERD - A Cowherd
NOB THATCHER - A Wig Maker
ORDERLY - Soldier Who Functioned As A Servant For An Officer
ORDINARY KEEPER - Innkeeper
OUT CRIER - Auctioneer
OWLER - Sheep Or Wool Smuggler
PACKER - Packs Goods Such As Pickles Or Herring
PALING MAN - A Seller Of Eels
PALMER - One Who Had Been, Or Pretended To Have Been, To The Holy Land
PANNIER MAN - A Fish Monger
PASTOR - A Shepherd
PERAMBULATOR - A Surveyor
PEREGRINATOR - Itinerant Wanderer
PERUKER - A Wigmaker
PETERMAN - A Fisherman
PETTIFOGGER - A Shyster Lawyer
PHRENOLOGIST - Diviner Of A Person's Character Based On The Bumps On A Person's Head
PILLER - A Robber
PILOT - A Ship Steersman
PINDER - A Dog Catcher
PINER - A Laborer
PIPER - An Innkeeper
PITMAN - A Coal Miner
PLOWMAN - A Farmer
PLOWWRIGHT - Maker Or Repairer Of Plows
POLEMAN - A Surveyor's Assistant
PORTER - A Gatekeeper
POSTILLION - Attacher Of Extra Horses To Wagons & Coaches To Help Them Up Hills
POTTER - A Maker Or Seller Of Pottery
POULTER - A Seller Of Poultry
PRENTIS - An Apprentice
PRICKER - A Witch Hunter
PRICK LOUISE - A Tailor
PRIG NAPPER - A Horse Thief
PROCTOR - Official Of A University
PROTHONARY - A Law Clerk
PUBLICAN - An Innkeeper
PUDDLER - Wrought Iron Worker
PURSER - Ship's Officer In Charge Of Provisions & Accounts
QUARRIER - A Quarry Worker
QUARRYMAN - A Quarry Worker
RAKER - A Street Sanitation Worker
RATONER - A Rat Catcher
RATTLEWATCH - Town Watchman
REDAR - An Interpreter Of Dreams
REEVE - A Church Warden
REGISTRAR - Official Who Registers Events Such As Land Purchases Or Births
REVENUER - Taxman Who Enforces Tax Laws On Liquor
RIGGER - Hoist Tackle Worker; Works On A Ship's Rigging
RIVERMAN - Worker On A River Boat
ROPER - Maker Of Rope Or Nets
ROVER - An Archer
RODMAN - A Surveyor's Assistant
RUNNER - A Smuggler, Messenger
RUSTLER - A Cattle Thief
SALTER - A Dealer In Salt
SALOONIST - Saloon Keeper
SANDESMAN - Ambassador Or Messenger
SANDWICHMAN - Wears A Sandwich Billboard For Advertising
SAWYER - Saws Timber To Boards
SCHRIMPSCHONGER - Artisan Who Carves In Bone, Ivory, Or Wood
SCRIBE - A Clerk
SCRIMER - A Fencing Master
SCRIVENER - A Clerk Or Notary
SCRUTINEER - An Election Judge
SEEDSMAN - A Sower Of Seeds
SEMPSTER - A Seamstress
SEWING CLERK - A Collector Of Clothing Piecework
SEWSTER - Seamstress
SEXTON - Employee Or Officer Of A Church Who Cared And Upkept Church Property And Sometimes Rang Bells And Dug Graves
SHANTY MAN - a Lumberman
SHARECROPPER - Tenant Farmer Who Would Be Paid With Part Of The Crop
SHEARMAN Or SHERMAN - A Shearer Of Cloth Or Metal
SHEEPMAN - A Sheep Herder
SHIP HUSBAND - Repairer Of Ships While In Harbor
SHIP MASTER - An Owner Or Captain Of A Ship
SHIPWRIGHT - A Constructor Or Repairer Or Ships
SHOE FINDER - A Seller Of Shoe Maker's Tools
SHOE WIPER - A Servant Who Polished Shoes
SHRIEVE - A Sheriff
SISSOR Or CISSOR - A Tailor
SILK THROWER - A Worker In The Silk Industry
SKINKER - A Tapster In An Ale House
SKINNER - A Dealer In Hides, Mule Driver
SLATER - A Roofer
SMELTER - Worker In A Metal Smelter, Smelt Fisherman
SNOBSCAT - One Who Repair Shoes
SOAP BOILER (SOPER) - A Soap Maker
SOLICITOR - Lawyer
SPICER - A Grocer Or Dealer In Spices
SPINNER - Spins Yarn
SPURRER Or SPURRIER - Maker Of Spurs
SQUIRE - (Esquire) Practitioner Of A Profession, A Gentleman
STALLMAN - The Keeper Of A Market Stall
STAMPMAN - A Worker Of An Ore Crushing Machine
STATIONER - A Bookseller, Seller Of Paper & Writing Implements
STEERSMAN - A Ship's Helmsman
STEVDORE - A Laborer Who Unloads And Loads Ships' Cargoes
STICHER - One Who Does Decorative Stitching
STOCKINGER - A Knitter, Weaver, Or Dealer In Stockings
STOKER - Tends The Fire Of An Engine Boiler
STUFF GOWSMAN - A Junior Barrister
SUMPTER - A Porter
SUTLER - A Merchant Or Peddler In An Army Camp
SWAILER - A Miller Or Dealer In Grain
SWAIN - A Herdsman
SWORD CUTLER - A Sword Maker
TABLER - Boarding House Operator
TALLOW CHANDLER - Tallow Candle Maker
TANNER - A Leather Maker
TAPLEY - One Who Puts The Tap In An Ale Cask
TAPSTER - A Bartender Or Barmaid
TASKER - A Reaper
TAWER - A White Leather Maker
TEAMSTER - A Driver Of Horses
TEXTOR - A Weaver
THACKER - A Thatcher
TIDE WAITER - A Customs Official
TILLER - A Farmer
TILLMAN - A Plowman
TINKER - A Traveling Repairman
TINNER - A Tin Miner Or A Tinsmith
TINTER OR TEINTER - An Artist Who Performs Tinting
TIPSTAFF - A Policeman
TIREWOMAN - A Female Dresser, Especially In The Theater
TOLLER - A Collector Of Tolls
TOPMAN - A Sailor Who Works In The Ship's Rigging
TOP SAWYER - An Upper Man In A Saw Pit
TOPSMAN - A Head Cattle Drover
TRAMPLER - A Lawyer
TRANTER - A Peddler
TRENCHERMAN - A Cook
TRIMMER - Trims A Ship By Re-Arranging Its Cargo
TROVER - A Smuggler
TRUCHMAN - An Interpreter
TUBMAN - An English Barrister
TUCKER - A Cleaner Of Cloth Goods
TURNER - A Gymnast Also A Lathe Worker
UPHOLDER - An Upholsterer, Also A Seller Of Secondhand Goods
VENATOR (VENUR) - A Huntsman
VICTUALER - A Seller Of Food/Drink
VINTAGER - A Grape Farmer, Wine Maker
VINTNER - A Wine Merchant
VULCAN - A Blacksmith
WAGONER - A Wagon Or Cart Driver
WAINWRIGHT - A Builder Or Repairer Of Wagons
WALKER - A Cloth Worker
WANTER - A Mole Catcher
WASHMAN - A Tin Coater
WHARFINGER - An Owner Of A Wharf
WATCHMAN - A Town Official Who Guarded The Streets At Night
WEBBER - A Weaver
WEBSTER - A Weaver
WHACKER - A Horse Or Oxen Team Driver
WHEELWRIGHT - A Maker Or Repairer Of Wagon Wheels
WHITEAR - A Hide Cleaner
WHITE SMITH - A Tin Smith
WHITEWING - A Streetsweeper
WHITSTER - A Bleacher Of Cloth
WHITTAWER - Prepared White Leather.
WRIGHT - A Builder Or Repairer
YARDMAN - A Rail Road Yard Worker
YEOMAN - A Farmer Who Owns His Own Land

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