| Accomptant--Accountant |
| Almoner--Official dispenser of gifts, alms, charity, etc. |
| Amanuensis--One who takes dictation; A Secretary or stenographer |
| Artificer--One who constructs will skill; a skilled mechanic; an inventor |
| Bailie--A Sheriff's deputy; Bailiff |
| Baxter--Baker |
| Bluestocking--Female writer; A literary woman |
| Boniface--Keeper of an inn |
| Brazier--A worker in brass; One who works with brass |
| Brewster--Beer manufacturer |
| Brightsmith--Metal Worker |
| Burgomaster--A Dutch, Flemish, or German mayor |
| Caulker--One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oak-hem fiber) |
| Chaisemaker--Makes carriages |
| Chandler--A trader; Dealer; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries; A shopkeeper |
| Chiffonnier--A wig maker |
| Clark--Clerk |
| Clerk--Member of the clergy; cleric |
| 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. |
| Cohen--Priest |
| Collier--A coal miner |
| Colporteur--Peddler of books |
| Cooper--One who makes or repairs casks, barrels, vessels made of staves |
| Cordwainer--Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain |
| Costermonger--A street peddler of fruits, vegetables, etc. |
| Crocker--Potter |
| Crowner--A public officer who's principle duty is investigation of the cause of deaths that are not clearly cused form natural causes; Coroner |
| Currier--One who
dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather with oil or grease |
| Docker/Docker Stevedore--one who loads and unloads cargo; Dock Worker; Stevedore |
| Dowser--One who searches for water using a rod or witching stick |
| Draper--A dealer in cloth or dry goods |
| Drayman--One who drives a long, strong cart with removable sides for carrying heavy loads |
| Dresser--A surgical assistant |
| Drover--One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle |
| Duffer--Peddler |
| Factor/Factor Agent--one who transacts business for another; Scottish steward of an estate; commission merchant |
| 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 jailer |
| Glazier--One who fits windows, doors with panes of glass |
| Hacker--Maker of hoes, axes, or other tools for chopping/hacking |
| Hatcheler--One who combed out or corded flax |
| Haymonger--Dealer in hay |
| Hayward--Keeper of fences |
| Higgler--A peddler that goes place to place |
| Hillier--Roof tiler |
| Hind--A farm laborer |
| Holster--A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn |
| Hooker--Reaper |
| Hooper--Cooper; One who makes or mends casks and barrels |
| Huckster--A peddler of wares, especially fruits & vegetables |
| Husbandman--A farmer who cultivated the land |
| Jagger--Fish peddler |
| Journeyman--One who has completed his apprenticeship in a skilled trade and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day |
| Joyner/Joiner--A carpenter |
| Keeler--Bargeman |
| Kempster--Wool comber |
| Lardner--Keeper of the cupboard |
| Lavender--Washer woman |
| Lederer--Leather maker |
| Leech--A physician |
| Longshoreman--One employed on the waterfront to load & unload vessels; Stevedore |
| Lormer--Maker of horse gear |
| Malender--Farmer |
| Maltster--A maker of or dealer of malts; Brewer |
| Manciple--A steward |
| Mason--One skilled in buildomg with stone, brick, concrete, etc.; A stone cutter; Bricklayer |
| Mintmaster--One who issued local currency |
| Monger--A dealer or trader--Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
| Muleskinner--One who drives mules; Teamster |
| Neatherder--Herds cows |
| Ordinary Keeper--Innkeeper |
| 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 |
| Peregrinator--A wanderer |
| Peruker--A wig maker (mostly for men) |
| Pettifogger--An inferior lawyer, especially one dealing with insignificant cases; One who quibbles or fusses over trivalities |
| Pigman--Crockery dealer |
| Plumber--One who applies sheet lead for roofing and sets frames for plain or stained glass windows. |
| Porter--One who carries luggage for hire at a railroad station; Door keeper |
| Puddler--Converts molten pig iron into wrought iron; Wrought iron worker |
| Quarrier--Quarry/stone worker |
| Rigger--One who fits the rigging of ships; Hoist tackle worker |
| Ripper--One who sells fish |
| Roper--Makes rope or nets |
| Saddler--One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses |
| Sawbones--A surgeon; Physician |
| Sawyer--One who saws; carpenter; A sawmill worker |
| Schumacker--Shoemaker |
| Scribler--A worthless or minor author |
| Scrivener--One who prepares deeds, contracts, & other writings; notary public; A clerk; Scribe |
| 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 has reamined unmarried; A woman who spins |
| Spurrer--Maker of spurs |
| Squire--Country gentleman; Farm owner; Justice of peace |
| Stuff Gown/Gownsman--Junior barrister |
| Supercargo--An officer on merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo & the sale & purchase ot cargo; One who deals with the commercial concerns of the ship. |
| Tanner--One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather |
| Tapley--One who puts the tap in an ale barrel |
| Tasker--Reaper |
| Teamster--One who drives or owns a team for hauling |
| Thatcher--A roofer |
| Tide Waiter--Enforces customs regulations; Customs inspector |
| Tinker--A wandering seller & repariman of tin utensils such as pots & pans |
| Tipstaff--Policeman |
| Travers--Toll bridge collection |
| Tucker--One whos cleans cloth goods |
| Turner--A person who turns wood with a lathe |
| Victualer--A tavern keeper, or one who provides with food |
| Vulcan--Blacksmith |
| Wagoner--One whose business is driving wagons; Teamster not for hire |
| Wainwright--A maker of wagons |
| Waiter--Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in. |
| Waterman--A man who works with a boat or small vessels on the water; A boatman |
| Webster--Operates looms |
| Wharfinger/Wharfager--One who keeps a wharf for landing goods & collects wharfage fees; Owner of a wharf |
| Wheelwright--One whose business is making or reparing wheels, wheeled carriages, etc. |
| Whitesmith--Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work |
| Whitewing--Street sweeper |
| Whitster--Bleaches cloth |
| Wright--One who constructs, contrives, or creates, especially a construction worker |
| Yeoman--Farmer who owns a small piece of estate, farm, or land. |
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