Occupation | Defined |
Acater | Ship Chandler |
Accipitary | Falconer |
Accomptant/Actuary | Accountant |
Accoucheur | Midwife |
Acreman | Ox Herder |
Affeeror | Assessor, court collector of taxes |
Ale Connor | ale tester for quality & measure |
Almoner | Giver of charity to the needy |
Ale Draper | Seller of Ale |
Alewife | land lady of ale house |
All Spice | grocer |
Amanuensis | Secretary or Stenographer |
Artificer | A soldier mechanic who does repairs |
Apiarian | bee keeper |
Apothecary | Pharmacist |
Archiator | Physician |
Aurifaber | Goldsmith |
Bailie | Bailiff |
Barker | Tanner |
Baxter | Baker |
Blacksmith | Horse shoer |
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 |
Chaisemaker | Carriage maker |
Chandler | Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of graceries |
Chiffonnier | Wig maker |
Clark | 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, 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 makes bows and arrows |
Fletcher | One who makes bows and arrows |
Fripperer | Bougt and sold used items |
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 keeper of the goal, a jailer |
Ganneker | Inn Keeper |
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 laborer |
Holster | 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 |
Lederer | Leather maker |
Leech | Physician |
Longshoreman | Stevedore |
Lormer | Maker of horsegear |
Malender | Farmer |
Maltster | Brewer |
Manciple | a steward |
Mason | Bricklayer |
Milliner | a person who makes or sells women's hats |
Mintmaster | One who issued local currency |
Monger | Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
Moss Picker | In southern Louisiana, moss pickers were individuals who picked Spanish moss from trees along the bayous and swamps. The moss was sold to mattress factories where the moss was debugged and stuffed into mattresses. |
Muleskinner | Teamster |
Neatherder | Herd cows |
Ordinary Keeper | Innkeeper with fixed prices |
Quarrel Picker | Glazier |
Pattern Maker | A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog with a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end |
Peregrinator | Itinerant wanderer |
Peruker | a wig maker |
Pettifogger | a shyster lawyer |
Pigman | Crockery dealer |
Pile Doctor | Anyone know what this one is? |
Plumber | One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows |
Plume Maker | Anyone know what this one is? |
Porter | Door keeper |
Pottery mold carrier | "Jiggerman" - what one might call a ceramic "batcher" today |
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 peace |
Stuff gown | 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 | An 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 | a construction worker |
Yeoman | Farmer who owns his own land |