- 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/Burgonmeister/Burgermeister - Mayor
- Caulker - One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seams, to make them watertight by using tar, or oakum-hem fiber which is produced by taking old ropes apart
- Chaisemaker - Carriage maker
- Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries, ship supplier
- 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 material in a printing galley from the compositors and arranged it ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked
- Cohen - Priest or 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 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
- Gerber - Tanner; one who tans (cures) animal hides into leather
- 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 - 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/Jager/Yager/Yaeger - Hunter
- 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 - 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 - An 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
- Weber - Weaver of cloth
- Webster - Operator of looms
- Wharfinger - Owner of a wharf
- Wheelwright - One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc.
- Whitesmith - Tinsmith; worker of iron, tin, or silver, who finishes or polishes the work
- Whitewing - Street sweeper
- Whitster - Bleach of cloth
- Wisegarber/Weisgarber/Weisgarver - Whitesmith; tinsmith; worker of iron, tin, or silver, who finishes or polishes the work
- Wright - Workman, especially a construction worker
- Yeoman - Farmer who owns his own land
(Basic list compiled by Dan Burrows. Additions made by Webmaster of this website.)
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