You omitted Fairbairn--beautiful child. I'm teasing Gene Blair wrote: > Accomptant: accountant > Amanuensis: secretary or stenographer > Artificer: soldier mechanic who does repairs > Bailie: bailiff > Baxter: baker > Bluestocking: female writer > Boniface: inn keeper > Brazier: he who works with brass > Brewster: manufacturer of beer > Brightsmith: metal worker > Burgonmaster: mayor > Caulker: fills up cracks in ships or caulked windows > Chaisemaker: carriage maker > Chandler: a dealer or trader (groceries, candles, etc) > Chiffonnier: wig maker > Clark: clerk > Clerk: can also refer to a minister > Clicker: the salesman's servant who stood at the door to welcome > Customers in; could also refer to individual who made eyelet holes > In boots. > Cohen: a priest > Collier: coal miner > Colporteur: book peddler > Cooper: makes or repairs staves or hoops in barrels, casks, etc. > Cordwainer: a shoemaker > Costermonger: fruit and vegetable peddler > Crocker: a potter > Crowner: the coroner > Currier: grooms horses or one who tanned leather. > Docker: stevedore or dock worker. > Dowser: finds water by using a rod or witching stick > Draper: dealer in dry goods > Drayman: drives a cart without fixed sides to carry heavy loads. > Dresser: surgeon's assistant in a hospital > Drover: drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market or a cattle dealer. > Duffer: a peddler > Farrier: blacksmith or horse shoer. > Fell monger: removes hair and/or wool from hides in leather making. > Fletcher: bow and arrow maker. > Fuller: shrinks and thickens woolen cloth > Gaoler: jailer which was also called a gaol. > Glazier: worked on window glass. > Hacker: made hoes > Hatcheler: combed or carded flax > Haymonger: sold or dealt in hay. > Hayward: fence keeper. > Higgler: peddler who was itinerant > Hillier: tiled roofs > Hind: worked on farm > Holster: horse groomer, often at an inn or tavern where horses were boarded. > Hooker: one who reaped crops > Hooper: sold hoops and slats for casks and barrels. > Huckster: one who sold small goods. > Husbandman: farmer > Jagger: one who peddled fish. > Journeyman: hired by the day; finished his apprenticeship. > Joyner/Joiner: skilled carpenter > Keeler: one who worked on barges. > Kempster: one who combed wool > Lavender: a washer woman > Lederer: leather maker > Leech: a doctor > Local: Sometimes referred to an idler in town or a prostitute > Longshoreman: stevedore > Lormer: made gear for horses > Malender: farmer > Maltster: brewed ale/beer > Manciple: steward > Mason: bricklayer > Mintmaster: provided and issued local currency > Monger: one who sold ale, good, fish, etc. > Neatherder: herder of cattle > Ordinary Keeper: ordinary was a tavern or inn where specific rates wre set > by the county. > Peregrinator: one who was a wanderer, an itinerant > Peruker: made wigs > Pettifogger: a crooked awyer > Pigman: sold crockery > Plumber: set frames for plain or stained glass windows or put sheet lead on > roofs. > Porter: door keeper > Puddler: wrought iron worker > Quarrier: worked in a quarry > Ripper: sold fish > Roper: one who made ropes and/or nets > Saddler: made, sold, or repaired saddles and other equine equipment > Sawbones: doctor, especially a surgeon > Sawyer: carpenter > Schumacker: shoemaker > Scribler: one who thought he was an author but wrote nothing important > Scrivener: professional/public copyist/writer; notary public > Scrutiner: judge of an election. > Shrieve: sheriff > Slater: roofer > Slopseller: sold ready-made clothes in a slop shop > Snobscat/Snob: repaired shoes > Sorter: tailor > Spinster: woman who spun or was single. > Spurrer: made spurs > Squire: gentleman, farm owner or justice of peace > Stuff gown / stuff gownsman: junior barrister > Tanner: tanned hides into leather > Tasker: one who was a reaper > Teamster: drove a team for hauling > Thatcher: roofer > Tide waiter: customs inspector > Tinker: one who traveled the countryside selling tin pots and pans. Could > also repair. > Tipstaff: policeman > Travers: collected tolls at the toll bridtes > Tucker: cleaned cloth > Turner: turned wood on a lathe to form spindles > Victualer: tavern keeper or one who provided the military with food and > supplies. > Vulcan: blacksmith > Wagoner: teamster not for hire > Wainwright: made wagons > Waterman: a man who hired out himself and his boat > Webster: loom operator > Wharfinger: wharf owner > Wheelwright: made and/or repaired wheels for carriages > Whitesmith: a tinsmith who specialized in finishing or polishing the goods. > Whitewing: swept the streets > Whitster: bleached cloth > Wright: a workman > Yeoman: a farmer who owns his own land > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.12/1245 - Release Date: 1/26/2008 > 3:45 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >