OCCUPATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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| C |
| Cabinetmaker | one who is skilled in furniture making, i.e. cabinets and desks | W |
| Cainer | a person who made walking sticks | W |
| Calker | a magician | A |
| Cambricmaker | a person who made fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric | T |
| Candlemaker/Candler | (1) one who made candles
(2) one who sold candles |
P
TR |
| Candy Man | an itinerant candy salesman | TR |
| Caner | a person who made the seats for chairs out of woven cane | T |
| Canvaser | a person who made canvas | T |
| Caper | a cap maker | T |
| Cardmaker | the maker of playing cards | A |
| Carnifex | a butcher | P |
| Carpenter | worked with wood | W |
| Cartographer | maker of detailed artistically drawn maps | A |
| Cart Wheeler | one who made cart wheels | W |
| Cartwright | one who made carts or wagons | W |
| Caster/Castor | maker of small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar, etc. | W |
| Carver | to work as a sculptor or engraver | A |
| Chaise | maker of wicker carts | T |
| Chaloner | blanket maker | T |
| Chambermaster | a shoemaker who worked in his own home | T |
| Chandler | (1) one who made candles
(2) one who sold candles
(3) a retail dealer in provisions, groceries, etc. |
P
TR
TR |
| Chapeler/Chapemaker | (1) a person who made hats
(2) itinerant peddler who sold hats |
T
TR |
| Chapman | itinerant peddler or one who kept a booth in a marketplace | TR |
| Chaser | engraver | A |
| Chaunter | street entertainer who sung ballards | A |
| Cheeseman/Cheesemonger | cheese dealer | TR |
| Chinglor | rooftiler who used wooden shingles | W |
| Chip | shipwright or carpenter | W |
| Clockmaker | one who made or repaired clocks | S |
| Chowder | fishmonger | TR |
| Cissor | tailor | T |
| Clogger | one who made wooden shoes | W |
| Clothier/Clothman | (1) a person who made clothes
(2) one who sold clothes |
T
TR |
| Cloth Worker | a person who cuts or made items from cloth | T |
| Clower/Clouter | a person who made nails | S |
| Cobbler | one who repairs or makes shoes | T |
| Codman | fish seller | TR |
| Cogman | one who bought or sold coarse cloth called cogware | TR |
| Coiner | one who coined money | S |
| Collarmaker | a person who made collars | T |
| Colporteur | traveling Bible or religious book salesman | TR |
| Colourator/Colour Man | mixed dyes in the textiles trade | T |
| Composer | a person who writes music | A |
| Confectioner | a maker of sweets; sometimes one who made medicines or poisons | P |
| Cook | a person who prepares food for eating | P |
| Cooper/Cuper | one who made or repaired wooden casks, kegs, or tubs | W |
| Copperbeater/Copperbeter | coppersmith | S |
| Coppersmith | one who worked with copper | S |
| Coraclemaker | made coracies - a small round boat used for fishing | W |
| Cordwainer/Cordiner/Corviner/Corvisor | one who worked with Cordovan, special leather from Spain; later a term used for shoemaker | T |
| Cork Cutter | one who worked with cork | T |
| Cornmiller | miller who ground corn into meal; a gristmiller | P/TR |
| Costermonger | fruit seller | TR |
| Coteler/Cotyler | one who made and repaired knives | S |
| Couranteer | newspaper publisher | TR |
| Cowper | one who made wooden items | W |
| Cramer | a peddler who sold books, a hawker of books | TR |
| Crimpetmaker | a person who baked crumpets | P |
| Crocker | one who made crockery; a potter | T |
| Crookmaker | a person who made Shepard's crooks and walking sticks | W |
| Currier | a craftsman who treated animal skins with oil and grease | T |
| Cutler | (1) made or sharpened knives, scissors, and cutting instruments
(2) sold cutlery |
S
TR |
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| Depater |
precious metal refiner |
S |
| Dexter |
a dyer |
T |
| Disher/Dishthrower |
a person who made pottery bowls and dishes |
T |
| Dishturner |
one made wooden bowls and dishes |
W |
| Distiller |
maker of alcoholic beverages through the process of distillation |
P |
| Dornick Weaver |
one who weaves curtains, carpets, and hangings |
T |
| Draper |
(1) maker of woolen cloth
(2) dealer in cloths of all kinds |
T
TR |
| Drapery Painter |
usually finished paintings for artists by painting on the subjects clothes |
A
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| Dressmaker |
clothing maker |
T |
| Drugger |
pharmacists |
TR |
| Drummaker |
one who made or repaired drums |
W |
| Dry Stane Dyker/ Dry Stone Waller |
built stone walls usually using stones removed from the fields --- the art was in building them without mortar and not cutting the stones |
W |
| Dyer |
one who dyed material |
T |
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| E |
| Ebonite Turner |
one who works with ebonite or vulcanite, making combs or ornaments |
W |
| Embosser |
a person who molded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material |
A |
| Engraver/Etcher |
one who cut or carved designs or lettering in metal or stone |
A |
| Essence Peddler |
sold medicines, flavorings, elixirs, etc. |
TR |
| Eyer |
a person who made eyes in needles used for sewing |
S |
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