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Guild's
Dictionary of Colonial Arts and Trades
compiled from
various list and records on Colonial Trades & Occupations
Updated October 2006
| CLARIFICATION OF TERMS USED IN
CONNECTIONS WITH AN ARTISAN, CRAFTSMAN, OR TRADESMAN |
| Apprentice = one who is bound to a skilled
worker for a specified time to learn a trade |
| Prentis = abbreviation for apprentice |
| Artificer = highly respected skilled or
artistic worker or craftsman or one who makes or contrives |
| Journeyman = served an apprenticeship,
mastered craft, no longer bound to serve for years but
is hired day by day |
| Bondman = a person bonded to a master
for the purpose of learning a skill or trade |
| Master = a skilled workman or one in business
on his own |
| Occupier = a tradesman |
| Tradesman = a shopkeeper or skilled craftsman
or "monger" |
| Wright = a skilled worker in various trades,
i.e. shipwright, wheelwright, cartwright, etc. |
| Artisan = craftsman |
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| MINOR GUILD LEGEND |
| A = ARTS - those in the field of music,
drama and literature; artists who created by painting,
sculpting, engraving, carving, etc.; those who designed
or used their intellect to invent or create. |
| P = PROVISIONS - those who dealt with
items such as edibles, potables, soap, wax, etc. |
| S = SMITHS - those who worked with metals |
| T = TEXTILES - those who worked with fabrics,
natural fibers, leather, clay, etc. |
| TR = TRADES - those who sold or brokered
goods |
| W = WRIGHTS - those who worked with wood,
stone, brick, glass, etc. |
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