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 (in ships or windows or seems to them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart
Chaisemaker — Carriage maker
Chandler — Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries
Chiffonnier — Wig maker
Clark — Clerk
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 (descendant of Levi)
Collier — Coal miner
Colporteur — Peddler of books
Cooper — One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves and hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.
Cordwainer — Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in 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 made 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 keeper 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
Hostler — A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn
Hooker — 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 horse gear
Malender — Farmer
Maltster — Brewer
Manciple — A steward
Mason — Bricklayer
Mintmaster — One who issued local currency
Monger — Seller of goods (ale, fish)
Muleskinner — Teamster
Neatherder — Herds cows
Ordinary Keeper — Innkeeper with fixed prices
Pattern Maker — A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end
Peregrinator Itinerant wanderer
Peruker — A wig maker
Pettifogger — A shyster lawyer
Pigman — Crockery dealer
Plumber — One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows.
Porter — Door keeper
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
Stuff gownsman — 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, especially a construction worker
Yeoman — Farmer who owns his own land
