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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-hem fibre 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; 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 | 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 currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease |
| 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 heavy loads |
| 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 for another; 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 woollen 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 labourer |
| HOLSTER | 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, not bound 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 with a pattern 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 or stained 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 furnishings 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 the 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 | Am 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 |
| 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 |