Archaic Occupational Names
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
 Chaisemaker - Carriage maker
 Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries
 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(Rabbi)
 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
 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 keep 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 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
 Lavender - Washer woman
 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
 
 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
Peeler - Policeman
 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 – Makes feathered plumes for hats/helmets
 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– One who rigs sails on ships
 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
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