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