Last modified: November 11 2006.
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Definition: |
| Accomptant | Accountant |
| Almoner | Someone who gives charity to the needy |
| Amanuensis | Secretary or stenographer |
| Aquarius (Ewer) | Waterman |
| Artificer | A soldier mechanic who does repairs |
| Aurifaber | Goldsmith |
| Avenator (Plantifene) | Hay and Forage Merchant |
| Bailie | Bailiff |
| Barker | Tanner |
| Baxter | Baker |
| Belhoste | Tavern keeper |
| Belleyetere | Bellfounder |
| Bever | Beverage maker |
| Blockmaker | One who crafted pulleys |
| Bluestocking | Female writer |
| Boniface | Keeper of an inn |
| Bowyer | Bowmaker |
| Brasiler | Dyer |
| Brazier | Someone who works with brass |
| Brewster | Beer manufacturer |
| Brightsmith | Metal Worker |
| Burgonmaster | Mayor |
| Burneman | Carrier of barm or water for brewers |
| Cancellarius | Chancellor |
| Cardmaker | Maker of cards or instrumets for combing wool |
| Carnifex | Butcher |
| Carpentarius | Carpenter |
| Castor | Hat maker |
| Caulker | Someone who filled up cracks in ships or windows to make them watertight using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking apart old ropes |
| Chaisemaker | Carriage maker |
| Chaloner | Dealer in shalloon, a material made in Chƒlons |
| Chandler | Dealer or trader; someone who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries |
| Chapman | Merchant |
| Chiffonnier | Wig maker |
| Chirugion | Apothecary or Surgeon |
| Cissor | Tailor |
| Clark | Clerk |
| Clericus | Clerk |
| Clerk | Clergyman, cleric |
| Clicker | A salesman's servant who stood at the door to invite customers; someone who received matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it so it was ready for printing; someone who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked |
| Cocus (Keu) | Cook |
| Cohen | Priest (descendant of Levi) |
| Collier | Coal miner |
| Colporteur | Peddler of books |
| Combere | Woolcomber |
| Cooper | Someone 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 in Spain |
| Corvisor (Cordewanarius, Cordwainer) | Shoemaker, originally a worker in Cordovan leather |
| Costermonger | Peddler of fruits and vegetables |
| Cotiler | Cutler |
| Crocker | Potter |
| Crowner | Coroner |
| Cuhreur (Cunreur) | Currier |
| Cuper | Cooper; a barrel maker |
| Currier | Someone who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; someone who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease |
| Daunsel | Gentleman in waiting, groom or squire |
| Dexter | Dyer |
| Docker Stevedore | Dock worker who loads and unloads cargo |
| Dowser | Someone who uses a rod or witching stick to find water |
| Draper | A dry goods dealer |
| Drayman | A driver of a long strong cart with no fixed sides used for carrying heavy loads |
| Dresser | A surgeon's assistant in a hospital |
| Drover | Someone who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle |
| Dubbere | Cloth dubber, i.e., one who raises the nap of cloth |
| Dudder | Probably a maker of coarse cloaks |
| Duffer | Peddler |
| Dysshere | Probably a ditcher, or in some cases a disher |
| Elymaker | Oilmaker |
| Faber | Smith |
| Factor | Agent, commission merchant; someone who acts/ transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate |
| Farrier | A blacksmith; someone who shoes horses |
| Faulkner | Falconer |
| Felmonger | Someone who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making |
| Ferur (Ferator) | Farrier or blacksmith |
| Fisher (Fishdryver) | Victualler |
| Flauner | Confectioner |
| Fleshewer | Butcher |
| Fletcher | Arrowmaker |
| Forestarius | Forester |
| Frereman | Servant of the Friars |
| Fuller | One who trampled cloth; someone who fulls cloth; someone who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; someone who cleans and finishes cloth; see also Walker |
| Furber (Furbour) | Furbisher of armour |
| Furner | Baker |
| Gaoler | A keeper of the goal, a jailer |
| Garcifer (Garcio) | Groom, attendant |
| Garlekmonger | Dealer in garlic |
| Glassewryght | Maker and mender of glassware |
| Glazier | Window glassman |
| Gynour | Engineer |
| Hacker | Maker of hoes |
| Hamberghmaker (Hamberow) | Horse collar maker |
| Harper | Musician |
| Hatcheler | Someone who combed out or carded flax |
| Haymonger | Dealer in hay |
| Hayward | Keeper of fences |
| Hetheleder | Provider of heather for fuel |
| 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 | Someone who made hoops for casks and barrels |
| Huckster | Someone who sells small wares |
| Husbandman | A farmer who cultivated the land; a tenant farmer |
| Jagger | Fish peddler |
| Journeyman | Someone who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day |
| Joiner | A skilled carpenter |
| Keeler | Bargeman |
| Kempster | Wool comber |
| Kepegest | Innkeeper |
| Lardner | Keeper of the cupboard |
| Latouner | Worker in latten, a metal resembling brass |
| Lavender | Washer woman |
| Lederer | Leather maker |
| Leech | Physician |
| Limner | Draughtsman or Artist |
| Lokeer | Locksmith |
| Longshoreman | Stevedore |
| Lorimer | Bridlemaker |
| Lormer | Maker of horse gear |
| Macun | Mason |
| Malender | Farmer |
| Maltster | Brewer |
| Manciple | A steward |
| Marescallus | Marshall |
| Mason | Bricklayer |
| Medicus | Leech, Doctor |
| Mercator | Merchant |
| Mintmaster | Someone who issued local currency |
| Molendinarius (Muner) | Miller |
| Monger | Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
| Muleskinner | Teamster |
| Mustarder | Grower and grinder of mustard |
| Nailor | Nail maker |
| Neatherder | Herds cows |
| Nedder | Needle-maker |
| Ordinary Keeper | Innkeeper with fixed prices |
| Palmer | A Pilgrim, one who had been, or pretended to have been, to the Holy Land |
| Paneler | Saddler |
| Pannarius | Clothier and Draper |
| Pannebeter | Pan-hammerer, or perhaps cloth driver |
| Pardoner | One licensed to sell Papal Indulgences |
| Parmentor | Probably a parchment maker, or tailor |
| Parcheminer | Parchment maker |
| Pattern Maker | Maker of iron-rimmed pattens for footwear; a maker of a clog shod with an iron ring (a clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end) |
| Pelliparius (Peltarius | Skinner |
| Peregrinator | Itinerant wanderer |
| Perukemaker | Wigmaker |
| Peruker | A wig maker |
| Pettifogger | A shyster lawyer |
| Pictor | Painter |
| Pigman | Crockery dealer |
| Pinder | Keeper of the Pound or Pinfold |
| Piscarius | Fishmonger |
| Piscator | Fisherman |
| Pistor | Miller or Baker |
| Plantifene (Avernator) | Hay and Forage Merchant |
| Plomer | Plumber |
| Plumber | Someone who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. |
| Porter | Door keeper |
| Puddler | Wrought iron worker |
| Pynner | Pin-maker |
| Quarrier | Quarry worker |
| Rigger | Hoist tackle worker |
| Ripper | Fish seller |
| Roper | Rope or net maker |
| Rotarius | Wheelwright |
| Saddler | Someone who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses |
| Safernman | Grower of Saffron |
| Samitere (Samite) | Maker of a kind of heavy silk suff |
| Sauntere | Probaby Salt maker |
| Sausere | Salter |
| 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 |
| Seinter | Girdlemaker |
| Seler (Sellarius) | Sadder |
| Sempster | Seamstress |
| Serviens | Sergeant |
| Servus | Servant |
| Sherman (Shearman) | One who raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface |
| Sheather (Vaginarius) | Scabbard maker |
| Shrieve | Sheriff |
| Sifker | Sievemaker |
| Silkmaker spinster | Female spinner |
| Silkmaker throster | Male spinner |
| Simpler | Agriculturist that we would call herbalist today |
| Sissor (Cissor) | Tailor |
| Slater | Roofer |
| Slopseller | Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop |
| Sleymaker | Maker of instruments to part threads in weaving |
| Snobscat/Snob | Someone who repaired shoes |
| Soper | Soapmaker |
| Sorter | Tailor |
| Spicer | Grocer |
| Spinster | A woman who spins or an unmarried woman |
| Spittleman | Hospital Attendant |
| Spurrier | Spurmaker |
| Spurrer | Maker of spurs |
| Squire | Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of the peace |
| Stabler | Ostler |
| Stasyon (Stawsun) | Probably a Stationer |
| Stuff gown | Junior barrister |
| Stuff gownsman | Junior barrister |
| Sugarer | Dealer in sugar |
| Sumner | Summoner or Apparitor |
| Supercargo | Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship |
| Sutor | Shoemaker or cobbler |
| Swordcutter | Smith who fashioned swords |
| Tabernarius | Taverner, Innkeeper |
| Tannator | Tanner |
| Tanner | One who tans animal hides to make leather |
| Tapley | Someone who puts the tap in an ale cask |
| Tasker | Reaper |
| Teamster | One who drives a team for hauling |
| Teinter | Dyer |
| Textor | Weaver |
| Thatcher | Roofer |
| Tide waiter | Customs inspector |
| Tinctor | Dyer or possibly a painter |
| 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 |
| Upholder | Upholsterer; a cheapjack; seller of secondhand goods |
| Vaginarius (Sheather) | Scabbard maker |
| Venator (Venur) | Huntsman |
| Victualer | A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food |
| Vineroon | Wine grower |
| Vintner | Wine Merchant |
| 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 |
| Walker (Same as Fuller) | Cloth trampler or cleaner |
| Waterman | Boatman who plies for hire |
| Webster | Operator of looms; weaver |
| Wharfinger | Owner of a wharf |
| Wheelwright | Someone who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. |
| Whitesmith | Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work after the Smith's work is done |
| Whitewing | Street sweeper |
| Whitster | Bleach of cloth |
| Whittawer | Preparer of white leather |
| Wright | Workman, especially a construction worker |
| Yeoman | Farmer who owns his own land |
