OCCUPATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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| A |
| Actor |
a theatrical performer |
A |
| Actress |
a woman who is an actor, a theatrical performer |
A |
| Alabasterer |
one who worked with alabaster |
W |
| Ale Draper |
seller of ale |
TR |
| All Spice |
grocer |
TR |
| Aeronaut |
balloonist or a trapeze artist in the circus
or music halls |
A |
| Amber Cutter |
a person who cut ambergris (stone) |
W |
| Anchor Smith |
one who made anchors |
S |
| Angle Iron Smith |
made angle iron i.e. flat iron bars bent
at right angles lengthways |
S |
| Antigropelosmaker |
a person who made waterproof leggings |
T |
| Anvil Smith |
a person who made anvils and hammers for
blacksmiths |
S |
| Apiarian |
beekeeper |
P |
| Apiariana |
female beekeeper |
P |
| Apothecary |
(1) prepared medicines
(2) sold medicines or drugs |
P TR |
| Archilmaker |
made a violet dye from lichens for textiles |
T |
| Arkwright |
a skilled craftsman who produced "arks" (wooden
chest or coffers) |
W |
| Armourer |
one who made suits of armor of plates of
armor for buildings or ships |
S |
| Artificer |
blacksmith and/or one who made fuses, grenades,
shells, etc. |
S |
| Augermaker |
one who made the
carpenters augers for boring holes in wood |
W |
| Author |
the writer of literary works |
A |
| Aurifaber/Aurifex |
a goldsmith |
A/S/TR |
Axle Tree Maker/
Axle Tree Turner |
one who made axles for coaches and wagons |
W |
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| B |
| Backmaker |
a person who made "backs", i.e.
vats or tubs; a cooper |
W |
| Backman |
baker |
P |
| Backster |
originally a female
baker, later a baker of either sex |
P |
| Badger |
cornmiller; a gristmiller |
P/TR |
| Baker |
one who prepares food by baking |
P |
| Balladeer |
a signer of ballads |
A |
| Balladmonger |
one who sold printed ballads on the street |
TR |
| Bard |
poet or minstrel |
A |
| Barker |
a tanner |
T |
| Basil Worker |
a person who worked with sheep and goat
skins |
T |
Basketmaker/
Basketman |
person who made baskets and furniture from
wicker |
T |
| Battmaker |
made the wadding used in quilt and mattress
making |
T |
| Battledoremaker |
one who made
beaters used on clothes, carpets, etc. to remove dust |
W |
| Baxter |
a baker |
P |
| Bayweaver |
one who wove bay, a fine woolen fabric also
know as baize |
T |
| Beater |
cleansed and thickened
cloth by treading it underwater with fullers earth |
T |
| Beaver |
made felt for hats |
T |
| Beck/Becker |
baker |
P |
| Bedder |
upholster |
T |
| Bedweaver |
a person who made the webbing for bed frames;
a person who wove quilts |
T |
| Beeskepmaker |
beehive maker |
T |
| Beekeeper |
a person who raised and kept bees for their
honey |
P |
| Bell Founder/ Belter/ Billiter |
one who made bells |
S |
| Bellowsmaker |
a person who made bellows used for organs
or blacksmiths fires |
T |
| Belly Builder |
a person who built and fitted the interiors
of pianos |
W |
| Besommaker |
one who made brooms |
T |
| Bever |
beverage maker |
P |
| Binder |
one who bound items such as books, hats |
T |
| Blackingmaker |
a person who made polish for shoes |
T |
| Black Borderer |
a person who made black edged stationery
for funerals |
A |
| Blacksmith |
one who works with iron |
S |
| Bladesmith |
sword maker or knife maker |
S |
| Blockcutter |
a person who made wooden blocks used in
the hat trade |
W |
| Blockmaker |
a person who engraved the blocks used in
the printing trade |
A |
| Block Printer |
a person who used the blocks for printing |
TR |
| Blocker |
to shape a hat on or with a wooden block |
T |
| Bloomer |
a person who produced
iron from ore; a bloomsmithy |
S |
| Blower |
glass blower |
W/A |
| Bluestocking |
a female writer |
A |
| Boardwright |
a carpenter |
W |
| Boatwright |
craftsman who builds wooden boats |
W |
| Bocher |
butcher |
P |
| Bodeysmaker/ Body Maker |
a person who made bodices for women's garments |
T |
| Bodger |
a craftsman who made wooden chair legs and
the spars |
W |
| Bone Button Turner |
a person who made buttons using a lathe |
T |
| Bone Lacemaker |
one who made pillow lace |
T |
| Book Guilder |
one who decorated books with gold leaf |
A |
| Boothman |
a corn merchant |
TR |
| Borlera |
a person who made cheap coarse clothing |
T |
| Botcher |
(1) a cobbler
(2) a tailor |
T
T |
| Bottiler/Bottler |
a person who made leather containers for
holding liquids such as wine casks or water bottles |
T |
| Bowler |
(1) a person who made bowls and dishes
(2) one who made the rounded part of spoons before casting |
W
W
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| Bowyer |
a person in the bow trade |
W |
| Brabener |
a weaver |
T |
| Brasiator |
a brewer of ale |
P |
| Brass Cutter |
a person who made copperplate engravings |
S |
| Brass Founder/ Brass Worker |
one who cast brass |
S |
| Brazier |
one who works in brass |
S |
| Breachmaker |
a person who made the breach for guns |
W |
| Brewer |
a person who makes ale/beer |
P |
| Brewster |
a female brewer |
P |
| Bricklayer |
one who laid bricks, one who built with
bricks |
TR |
| Brickburner/Brickmaker |
a person who used a kiln to make bricks |
W |
| Brightsmith |
tinsmith |
S |
| Broadcloth Weaver |
a person who operated a wide loom |
T |
| Brogger |
wool merchant |
TR |
| Broom Dasher |
a dealer in brooms |
TR |
| Broom Squire |
one who made brooms from birch |
T |
| Browdere/Broiderer |
an embroiderer |
T |
| Brownsmith |
a person who made buckles |
S |
| Buckle Tongue Maker |
a person who made the metal points that
go in the holes of a belt |
S |
| Buckler/Bucklesmith |
one who made buckles |
S |
| Builder |
one who contracted to build |
W |
| Bumboat Man |
one who met ships at anchor with goods to
sell |
TR |
| Bureler |
made borel, a woolen cloth with a coarse
feel |
T |
| Busheler |
a tailor's assistant |
T |
| Bushelmaker |
a cooper |
W |
| Busker |
street entertainer |
A |
| Bussmaker |
a maker of guns |
S |
| Butcher |
one who slaughters and dresses meat for
market |
P |
| Butner |
button maker |
T |
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