| Bacchelaure | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachelar | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachelaur | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bacheler | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachelere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachellour | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachelor | A young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms. Also, a junior or inferior member, or 'yeoman' of a trade-guild, or City Company. |
| Bachelour | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachiler | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachilere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachiller | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachillier | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachler | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachlere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Bachylere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Back-breaker | The leader of a gang of farm-labourers. |
| Backer | A porter, carrier, or unloader. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: baker. |
| Backman | A follower, retainer, attendant. |
| Backster | A variation in the spelling of the name: baker. |
| Backstress | A female baker, a woman who bakes bread. |
| Backwoodsman | A settler in the backwoods. |
| Baconman | A curer of, or dealer in, bacon. |
| Bacon Merchant | One who sells cured bacon. |
| Baculere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Badger | One who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster. |
| Bagman | A commercial traveler, whose business it is to show samples and solicit orders on behalf of manufacturers, etc. |
| Bagpiper | One who plays on a bagpipe; commonly called a piper. |
| Baiardour | A mason's labourer, who helps to carry the baiard or large hand-barrow with six handles on which building stones are carried. |
| Bailer | He who or that which bails water out; a man employed to bail out a ship. |
| Bailie | Another form of the word bailiff. This name for an officer of the Court, variously known as a bailiff, was also spelled baillie. The chief magistrate of a barony or part of a county, having functions equivalent to those of a sheriff. |
| Bailiefe | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bailif | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bailiff | One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district. Also, an officer of justice under a sheriff, who executes writs and processes, distrains, and arrests; a warrant officer, pursuivant, or catchpoll. |
| Bailiffe | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bailive | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Baillif | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bailliff | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Baillyve | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bailor | One who delivers goods, etc. to another for a specific purpose. |
| Bajardour | A bearer of any weight or burden. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Baker | One who bakes; spec. one whose business it is to make bread. |
| Bakeress | A female baker. |
| Bakster | Baxter; a female baker. According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, the suffix -ster indicated a female worker, which is why this name referred to a woman baker. |
| Baler | He who or that which bales. |
| Baliffe | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Balister | An arbalester; a crossbow-man. |
| Balistrier | A variation in the spelling of the name: balister. |
| Balive | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Ballad-composer | One who composes ballads. |
| Balladeer | One who sings or composes ballads. |
| Ballader | A writer of ballads or (obs.) of scurrilous verses. |
| Balladier | A street ballad-singer. |
| Balladist | A maker of ballads; a ballader. |
| Ballad-maker | Another name for ballad-composer. |
| Ballad-monger | One who deals in ballads; a seller of ballads. |
| Ballad-reciter | One who recites ballads. |
| Ballaster | One who supplies ships with ballast. In this case, the word ballast refers to: "sand, gravel, or stones, laid in the ship's hold, to make her sail upright." [UEED] |
| Ballast-heaver | One who loads ballast on to ships. |
| Ballastman | One employed in supplying ballast to ships. |
| Ballast-master | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out." |
| Baller | One who forms anything into balls. Also spec. a workman who charges puddled bars into a balling or reheating furnace. |
| Ballister | A variation in the spelling of the name: arbalester. |
| Balyf | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Balyfe | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Balyve | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bancker | A variation in the spelling of the name: banker. |
| Bandsman | A member of a band or company; esp. of a band of musicians. Also, a class of miners...from the circumstance of their working in connection with the band or flat rope by which the coal, etc. is hoisted. |
| Bandster | One who binds sheaves after reapers. |
| Bandyman | U>The driver of a bandy. In this case, the word bandy refers to: a carriage, bullock carriage, buggy, or cart used in India. |
| Baneret | Baneret is a knight made in the field, with the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it as it were a banner. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Banker | A keeper or manager of a bank. Also, orig. a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances. Also, One who received money in deposit, and lent it upon interest, acting as an intermediary between borrowers and lenders. Also, a fisherman on the Bank of Newfoundland. Also, a labourer who makes banks of earth, ditches, etc. According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, the Anglo-Saxon word, banke was applied to anything that was flat. The bank of a river was flat, as was the flat benches on which money dealers spread their 'wares' to be traded. |
| Bankor | A variation in the spelling of the name: banker. |
| Banksman | This name was applied to different professions. In regard to coal mining, it was an over-looker above ground at a coal mine. Various sites note that the name applies to a mine worker who had the job of unloading coal from cages. The name is also applied to a bank manager. In regard to the driving of a horse-drawn wagon, this man sat on the coach's drive-seat beside the driver in order to be able to give assistance to the driver if necessary. |
| Bannerer | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "bearer of a banner." |
| Banneret | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "knight made on the field of battle." |
| Banquer | A variation in the spelling of the name: banker. |
| Banquier | A variation in the spelling of the name: banker. |
| Barbar | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Barber | A man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair of customers. The barber, perhaps because he would have owned, and known how to use, tools that were used for cutting (razors) was often requested to perform duties that required such tools: bloodletting, surgery, etc. Tradition states that the familiar red-and-white striped "barber-pole" was derived from patients of bloodletting grasping the pole, and allowing the blood to stream down over it. |
| Barbor | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Barbore | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Barbour | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Barboure | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Barbur | A variation in the spelling of the name: barber. |
| Bard | An ancient Celtic order of minstrel-poets, whose primary function appears to have been to compose and sing (usually to the harp) verses celebrating the achievements of chiefs and warriors, and who committed to verse historical and traditional facts, religious precepts, laws, genealogies, etc.. |
| Barester | A variation in the spelling of the name: barrister. |
| Bargee | A bargeman. |
| Bargeman | A man who has charge of a barge; one of the crew or rowers of a barge. |
| Bargemaster | The master or owner of a barge. |
| Barger | A bargeman or bargemaster. |
| Barkar | A variation in the spelling of the name: barker. |
| Barker | A tanner or one who strips off bark from trees. The barker prepared the wood bark to be used in the tanning process. The 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose included the word barker, giving the definition: "the dealer in second-hand clothes...who walks before his master's door, and deafens every passenger with his cries of - Clothes, coats, or gowns - what d'ye want, gemmen? - what d'ye buy?" |
| Barkere | A variation in the spelling of the name: barker. |
| Barmaid | A female who sells food and drink at the bar of a tavern or hotel. |
| Barman | A pleader at the bar, a barrister. The name variously was applied to a man who serves at the bar of a public-house. |
| Barmaster | A local judge amongst miners. |
| Barm-man | One who sold barm (brewer's yeast). |
| Barne | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barnesse | A variation in the spelling of the name: baroness. |
| Baron | Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly applied to the greater of these (the Great Barons) who personally attended the Great Council, or, from the time of Henry III, were summoned by writ to Parliament; hence a lord of Parliament, a noble, a peer. Also, a specific order or rank, being the lowest grade of nobility. |
| Barones | A variation in the spelling of the name: baroness. |
| Baroness | The wife of a baron. Also, a lady holding a baronial title in her own right. |
| Baronesse | A variation in the spelling of the name: baroness. |
| Baronnesse | A variation in the spelling of the name: baroness. |
| Baronys | A variation in the spelling of the name: baroness. |
| Baroone | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Baroun | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Baroune | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barown | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barraster | A variation in the spelling of the name: barrister. |
| Barrator | A common mover of suits and quarrels, either in courts, or elsewhere in the country, that is himself never quiet, but at variance with one or other. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Barrel-builder | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "cooper." |
| Barrester | A variation in the spelling of the name: barrister. |
| Barrister | A student of the law, who, having been called to the bar, has the privilege of practising as advocate in the superior courts of law. The formal title is barrister-at-law; the equivalent designation in Scotland is advocate. Barrister is a counsellor learned in the Law, admitted to plead at the Bar, and there to take upon him the protection and defence of clients. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Barristress | A woman barrister. |
| Barron | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barroun | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barrow-boy | A coster-monger. |
| Barrow-maker | One who makes a barrow. In this case, the word barrow refers to either: a utensil for the carrying of a load by two or more men; a stretcher, a bier or: a modification of the preceeding, having one small wheel inserted between the front shafts, so that it can be pushed by a single man. |
| Barrowman | One employed in wheeling a barrow. Also, one who barrows, in which case the word barrows refers to shearing, clipping. |
| Barrown | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barrow-woman | One employed in wheeling a barrow. |
| Bartoner | The persons who took care of, and managed such reserved lands, referring to: a demesne farm; the demesne lands of a manor, not let out to tenants, but retained for the lord's own use. |
| Barun | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Barune | A variation in the spelling of the name: baron. |
| Bas Chevaliers | Low or inferior knights by tenure of a bare military fee, as distinguished from banerets the chief or superior knights. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Basketmaker | One who is engaged in basketry (the art of basket-making). |
| Batchelar | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batcheler | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batcheller | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batchellor | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batchellour | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batchelour | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batchler | A variation in the spelling of the name: bachelor. |
| Batman | A man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer. |
| Batsuein | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Bat-swain | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was an Anglo-Saxon name for a "boatswain." |
| Bat-ward | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "boat-keeper." |
| Baud | A variation in the spelling of the name: bawd. |
| Baude | A variation in the spelling of the name: bawd. |
| Bauude | A variation in the spelling of the name: bawd. |
| Bawd | One employed in pandering to sexual debauchery; a procurer or procuress. Also, a woman keeping a place of prostitution. |
| Bawde | A variation in the spelling of the name: bawd. |
| Baxter | A variation in the spelling of the name: a baker: applied to women. |
| Baylife | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bayliff | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Bayllive | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Baylyff | A variation in the spelling of the name: bailiff. |
| Baymaker | A maker of bay, or baize. |
| Beach-master | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend desembarkation of an attacking force, who holds plenary powers, and generally leads the storming party." |
| Beach-men | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf." |
| Beach-trampers | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name applied to the coast-guard. |
| Beadel | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Beader | One who sews beads on fabrics. Also, one who puts a beading on an article. |
| Beadesman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Beadle | One who makes a proclamation (on behalf of another); a herald. Also, the crier or usher of a law-court; a towncrier. Also, one who delivers the message or executes the mandates of an authority. Also, a messenger of justice, a warrant officer; an under-bailiff; a tipstaff. |
| Beadman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Beadsman | One paid or endowed to pray for others. |
| Bear-leader | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name given to a travelling tutor. |
| Beater | One who beats metals, e.g. a gold-beater. Also, a man employed in rousing and driving game. |
| Beaterman | In regard to the manufacture of paper, one who has charge of a pulping machine or beating-engine. |
| Beatster | A mender or mounter of fishing nets. |
| Beck | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a beadle. |
| Beddell | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedel | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedele | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedell | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedelle | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedeman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Bedesman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Bedle | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedmaker | One who constructs beds. |
| Bedman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Bedyl | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedyll | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bedysman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Beedle | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Beermonger | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a peddler who dealt in beer. |
| Beggar-maker | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a publican, or an ale-house keeper. |
| Beidman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Beidsman | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Belhoste | A tavern keeper. |
| Belletter | A variation in the spelling of the name: belleyetere. |
| Belleyetere | A bell founder. The name is derived from the surname of John Belleyetere, who was commissioned by King Edward III in 1365 to cast a bell for the Westminster Clock Tower (that would eventually become the home of "Big Ben"). |
| Bell-founder | A founder, caster, maker of bells. |
| Bellman | A man who rings a bell; esp. a man employed to go round the streets of a town and make public announcements, to which he attracts attention by ringing a bell; a town-crier. |
| Bellower | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a town crier. |
| Bell-ringer | One whose business it is to ring a church or town bell at stated times or on stated occasions. |
| Bell-yetter | A variation in the spelling of the name: belleyetere. |
| Belman | A variation in the spelling of the name: bellman. |
| Benchman | An operative who works at a bench, in various trades, as a joiner; also a cabinetmaker who assists at bench-work, a labourer who works at a coke bench. |
| Beodemon | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadsman. |
| Bercar | A variation in the spelling of the name: barker. |
| Bergeys | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Berlawman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Betile | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Biddy | Used chiefly in the U.S. for an Irish maid-servant. |
| Bidel | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bidell | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bierlaw-grayves | A byrlawman. |
| Bierlayman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Big-wig | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "higher officer." |
| Billsmith | One who forged the warrior's battle-axe and also the farmer's pick-axe. |
| Binder | One who binds. Also, spec. a bookbinder. Also, one who bins sheaves behind the reapers. Also, one who undertakes to keep a mine open. |
| Birier | A variation in the spelling of the name: burier. |
| Birlaman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Birlawman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Birle | One who pours out drink; a cupbearer, butler. Another variation of this name was birler. |
| Birler | A variation in the spelling of the name: a butler. |
| Birleyman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Birlster | A wholesale seller of fish. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510. |
| Bishop | Bishop is the chief of the clergy in his diocese, and the Archbishop's suffragan or assistant. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Black-box | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a lawyer. |
| Black-fisher | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time." |
| Blacksmith | A smith who works in iron or black metal. One who forged iron objects by hand. The name of blacksmith was derived from the color of the metal ~ iron. A secondary job of the blacksmith was that of farrier: the shoeing of horses. |
| Bladarius | A cornmonger, meal-man, or corn-chandler. It is used in our records for such a retailer of corn. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Blader | A make of blade; a blade-smith. |
| Bladesmith | One who makes weapons with blades. In this case, the word blade refers to: the thin cutting part of an edged tool or weapon. |
| Bladier | An ingrosser of corn and grain. [UEED] In this case the word ingrosser refers to one who buys up corn growing, or other provisions, before they are brought to market. [UEED] |
| Blanketer | A blanket maker. |
| Blocker | One who blocks. spec. in Shoemaking and Bookbinding. Also in Hatmaking. |
| Block-maker | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "manufacturer of blocks." In this case the word blocks refers to: transverse pieces or logs of timber, piled in plane, on which a ship is built, or to place her on for repair. |
| Bloodletter | He who or that which lets blood. Bloodletting was performed by either making a slit in the skin with a knife, or by attaching blood-sucking leeches to the skin. |
| Bluffer | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for an innkeeper. |
| Boardman | A man who carries advertisement boards, a 'sandwich man'. |
| Boateswaine | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boateswaineson | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boateswayne | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boat-keeper | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "one of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. in small vessels he is sometimes called the boatman." |
| Boatman | A man who manages a boat. |
| Boatswain | An officer in a ship who has charge of the sails, rigging, etc. and whose duty it is to summon the men to their duties with a whistle. |
| Boatswaine | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boatswain's Mate | A boatswain's deputy or assistant. According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this person "had the peculiar command of the long-boat." |
| Boatswayneson | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boatswaynesonne | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boat-woman | A woman who manages a boat. |
| Bocare | A variation in the spelling of the name: booker. |
| Bocere | A variation in the spelling of the name: booker. |
| Bocher | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bochere | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bocheyr | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bochor | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bochour | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: botcher. |
| Bochsar | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bochyer | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bodger | One who 'bodges'; a botcher. Also, a travelling dealer, a pedlar. Also, a chair-leg turner. |
| Body Of Divinity Bound In Black Calf | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a parson. |
| Boier | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Boiler-maker | A maker of boilers for engines. |
| Boilerman | A man who attends to a boiler. |
| Boilersmith | A boiler-maker. |
| Bokellsmyth | One who made buckles or bosses for soldiers' shields. The name is derived from the word bokell, which meant "buckle". The name eventually changed to bucksmith. |
| Bokere | A variation in the spelling of the name: booker. |
| Bolus | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a nickname for an apothecary. |
| Bondager | One who performs bondage-service. Also, a female out-worker. |
| Bondholder | A tenant in bond service, or of bond-land. |
| Bondman | A man in bondage; a villein; a serf, slave. |
| Bone-boiler | A workman who performs the operation of boiling or steaming bones used in the manufacture of glue, bone meal, etc. |
| Bonelace-maker | One who makes lace, usually of linen thread, made by knitting upon a pattern marked by pins, with bobbins originally made of bone. |
| Bone-picker | One who lives by collecting bones from heaps of refuse. According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a footman. |
| Bone-polisher | The cat-o-nine tails, or the man who wields it. |
| Bone-setter | One who sets dislocated or broken bones; a surgeon; now applied spec.to one who makes a distinct calling of treating fractures, without being a certified surgeon. |
| Boniface | The name of the jovia innkeeper in Farquhar's Beaux' Strategem 1707; whence taken as the generic proper name of innkeepers. As noted in the OED, the name is derived from the name of the innkeeper in the 1707 book, The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar. |
| Bonnet-blocker | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a hat cleaner. |
| Book-binder | One who binds books. |
| Book-boy | A boy employed to fetch books for readers in a library. |
| Book-edge gilder/marbler | A bookbinder's workman who gilds or marbles the edges of books. |
| Book-keeper | A person who keeps the accounts of a mercantile concern, public office, etc. |
| Booker | A writer of books, a scribe. |
| Book-maker | One who makes a book (as a material product); a printer and book-binder. |
| Bookman | A scholar, a student. |
| Bookmonger | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a peddler who dealt in books. |
| Book-seller | A vendor of books. |
| Book-wright | A maker or author of books. |
| Boot-black | A person who blacks boots, a shoe-black. |
| Boot-boy | A boy employed to clean boots and shoes. |
| Boot-catcher | A servant at an Inn who pulled off the guest's boots. |
| Boot-closer | One who sews together the upper leathers of boots. |
| Boothaler | A marauder, a marauding or foraging soldier; a freebooter, highwayman, brigand. |
| Boot-laster | One who makes boot lasts. |
| Bootlegger | One who carries liquor in his boot-legs. Also, an illicit trader in liquor. In the United States, this name was applied to one who distilled liquor illegally. |
| Boot-machinist | Any person engaged in any machine operation in the manufacture of boots. |
| Bootman | A dealer in boots and shoes. |
| Borer | One who bores or pierces. |
| Borgeis | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Borges | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Borgeys | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Borier | A variation in the spelling of the name: borer. |
| Borler | A clothworker. This occupation probably involved a cloth-finishing in relation to tapestry work. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510. |
| Boroughhead | Another name for borsholder, thirdborough, headborough, etc. |
| Boroughholder | Another name for borsholder, thirdborough, headborough, etc. |
| Boroughman | A townsman, citizen, burgess. |
| Boroughmaster | A Dutch of Flemish burgomaster; sometimes used incorrectly, and also extended to similar functionaries in other foreign countries. The head of the municipality of certain Irish boroughs. Also, the patron or 'owner' of a borough. |
| Boroughmonger | One who trades in parliamentary seats for boroughs. |
| Borough-reeve | A governor of a town or city. |
| Borrier | A variation in the spelling of the name: borer. |
| Borrowhead | Another name for borsholder, thirdborough, headborough, etc. |
| Borsholder | The chief of a tithing or frankpledge; afterwards a parish officer identical in functions with the Petty Constable. The "tithing" was A variation in the spelling of the name: a borough. The borsholder was variously known as a headborough. |
| Boryeis | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Boryer | A variation in the spelling of the name: borer. |
| Boscher | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bosman | A bowsman. |
| Boson | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Botch | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a nickname for a tailor. |
| Botchare | A variation in the spelling of the name: botcher. |
| Botcher | A mender, repairer, or patcher. Also, a cobbler. Also, a tailor who does repairs. Also, a jobber. |
| Botcheress | A female botcher. |
| Bote's-carle | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "coxswain." |
| Boteswaine | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boteswan | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boteswayne | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Boteswayneson | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Botiler (of the King) | Is an officer that provides the King's wines. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Botswayne | A variation in the spelling of the name: boatswain. |
| Bottle-bearer | One who carries a bottle, a butler. |
| Bottle-boy | An apothecary's assistant. |
| Bottleman | A servant or official who has charge of bottles. |
| Bottler | A bottle-maker. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: a butler. |
| Bottle-washer | One who washes bottles. |
| Bottom-scourer | An operative who smooths the 'bottoms' of boots and shoes. |
| Botylemaker | A glass-blower, specializing in the making of bottle forms. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510. |
| Boucheour | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Boucher | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bougeman | One who fabricated the leather water carrier known as a bouget, which consisted of a yoke with two leather bags attached. |
| Bourgeis | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Bourgeys | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Bourgmaster | A variation in the spelling of the name: boroughmaster. |
| Bourgomaster | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgomaster. |
| Bourlawman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Bourser | A purser. |
| Bow-bearer | One who carries a bow. Also, an under-officer in a forest, who looked after trespasses affecting vert and venison. |
| Bowcher | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bowchour | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Bower | A maker of bows, a bowyer. One who made bows for archers. The name was also applied to the soldier who used the bow, substituting for the name of archer. |
| Bowermaid | A chamber-maid, a lady in waiting |
| Bowermaiden | A bowermaid. |
| Boweyer | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Bowiare | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Bowier | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Bowler | A workman who shapes the bowl of a spoon. |
| Bowman | A man who shoots with a bow; esp. a fighting man armed with a bow. Also, the oarsman who sits nearest to the bow of a boat. |
| Bowser | A treasurer, bursar. |
| Bowsman | Used of a man positioned at the bow without an oar, having certain specified duties. |
| Bowyer | One who makes, or trades in, bows. Also, a bowman, an archer. |
| Bowyere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Bowzere | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowyer. |
| Boxer | On who puts things up in boxes. |
| Box-master | A treasurer. |
| Bracenarius | A huntsman, or master of the hounds.[According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Brachygrapher | A shorthand writer. |
| Brager | A variation in the spelling of the name: brogger. |
| Bragger | A variation in the spelling of the name: brogger. |
| Braider | One who makes or applies braids. In this case, the word braid refers to woven or plaited material. |
| Brakeman | A variation in the spelling of the name: brakesman. |
| Brakesman | In coal-mining: the engineer who attends to the winding machine. Also, the man in charge of the brake-apparatus of a railway train. |
| Braseer | A variation in the spelling of the name: brazier. |
| Brasiator | A brewer or maltster. [UEED] |
| Brasier | A variation in the spelling of the name: brazier. |
| Brasiler | One who dyed materials, using a dye that was obtained from the Brasilian redwood tree. |
| Brasyer | A variation in the spelling of the name: brazier. |
| Brazier | One who works in brass. One who fashioned objects out of brass. |
| Bread-room-jack | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "purser's steward's help." |
| Breaksman | A variation in the spelling of the name: brakesman. |
| Breecher | One who flogs. |
| Brehon | In Ireland the judges and lawyers were anciently stiled Brehons. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Brewer | One who brews; spec. one whose trade is to make malt liquors. |
| Breweress | A female brewer. |
| Brewster | Orig a woman that brews, a female brewer. Extended to both sexes, a brewer. According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, the suffix -ster indicated a female worker, which is why this name was originally pertaining to a woman brewer. |
| Brick-burner | One who attends to a brick kiln, a brick-maker. |
| Brick-kilner | A brick-burner or brick-maker. |
| Bricklayer | One who lays the bricks in building. |
| Brickmaker | One who makes bricks as his trade. |
| Bricksetter | A variation in the spelling of the name: Bricklayer. |
| Bridgeman | The keeper of a bridge. |
| Bridgemaster | An officer having control of a bridge: formerly, in some English boroughs, a regular member of the corporation; also called bridgeman. There are Bridgemasters of London Bridge, chosen by the citizens, who have certain fees and profits belonging to their office and the care of the said bridge. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Bridgeward | The keeper or warden of the bridge. |
| Bridler | A bridle maker. |
| Brightsmith | A worker in "white" or bright iron and tin. Generally believed to have been One who fashioned objects out of silver or other "white" metals. |
| Broadclothier | A dealer in broadcloth. |
| Broaker | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Brocor | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Brocour | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Brocoure | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Broderer | A variation in the spelling of the name: broiderer. |
| Broderere | A variation in the spelling of the name: broiderer. |
| Broger | A variation in the spelling of the name: brogger. |
| Broggar | A variation in the spelling of the name: brogger. |
| Brogger | An agent; a jobber, esp. a corrupt jobber of offices; a broker. |
| Broiderer | One who works embroidery; an embroiderer. |
| Brokar | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Broker | A retailer of commodities; a second-hand dealer. Also, a dealer in second-hand furniture and apparel; a pawnbroker. Also, one who acts as a middleman in bargains. Also, one employed as a middleman to transact business or negotiate bargains between different merchants or individuals. Brokers are those that contrive, make and conclude bargains and contracts between merchants and tradesmen, in matters of money and merchandize, for which they have a fee or reward. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Brokour | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Brooker | A variation in the spelling of the name: broker. |
| Broom-boy | A street-sweeper or broom-seller. |
| Broom-dasher | A dealer in fagots, brooms. |
| Broomie | A broom-hand who keeps the floor clean in a shearing shed. |
| Broom-man | One who uses a broom; a street-sweeper. |
| Broomster | One who wields a broom. |
| Brother-hod | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a bricklayer's labourer from the 'hod' which was used for carrying bricks and mortar. |
| Brouderer | A variation in the spelling of the name: broiderer. |
| Brouderere | A variation in the spelling of the name: broiderer. |
| Browderere | A variation in the spelling of the name: broiderer. |
| Browdster | An embroiderer. |
| Brownsmith | One who fashioned objects out of brass, or sometimes, copper. |
| Brycke-borner | This name referred to "brick burner", one who made clay bricks. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510. |
| Bucher | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Buchere | A variation in the spelling of the name: butcher. |
| Buckle-maker | One who makes buckles. |
| Buckler | One who or that which buckles. |
| Bucklesmith | A buckle-maker. |
| Bucksmith | A variation in the spelling of the name: a bokellsmyth. |
| Budel | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Buffer | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for an inn-keeper. It was also noted that the name signified one who steals and kills horses and dogs for their skins. |
| Bug-hunter | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for an upholsterer. |
| Builder | One who builds; the erector of a building. |
| Buildress | A female builder. |
| Bulker | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "person employed to measure goods, and ascertain the amount of freight with which they are chargeable." |
| Bull | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a slang term for policeman. |
| Bullard | One who keeps a bull, or who takes part in bull-running. |
| Bullwhacker | A bullock driver in the Western states. |
| Bum-bailiff | The bailiff that is close at the debtor's back, or that catches him in the rear. Also, a contemptuous synonym of bailiff: a bailiff of the meanest kind; one that is employed in arrests. |
| Bumbaily | A variation in the spelling of the name: bum-bailiff. |
| Bumbaylie | A variation in the spelling of the name: bum-bailiff. |
| Bumbayliff | A variation in the spelling of the name: bum-bailiff. |
| Bumbayliffe | A variation in the spelling of the name: bum-bailiff. |
| Bum-brusher | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was another name for a schoolmaster. |
| Bummaree | A middleman in the fish trade at Billingsgate. Also, the bummaree is the jobber or speculator on the fish-exchange. |
| Bum-trap | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name given to a sheriff's officer who arrests debtors ~ similar to a bum-bailiff. |
| Bunter | A cant word for a woman who picks up rags about the street; and used, by way of contempt, for any low vulgar woman. |
| Bureller | obs.a borler, a clothworker. |
| Bureys | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgas | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgase | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgeis | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgens | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgeois | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgeoise | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgermeester | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgomaster. |
| Burgermeister | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgomaster. |
| Burges | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burgess | Burgesses are properly men of trade, or the inhabitants of a Borough or walled town; but we usually apply this name to the magistrates of such a town. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] An inhabitant of a borough; strictly, one possessing full municipal rights; a citizen, freeman of a borough. Also, a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town. |
| Burgeys | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burghmaster | A variation in the spelling of the name: boroughmaster. |
| Burgher | An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. |
| Burgheress | A female burgher. |
| Burghlar | A variation in the spelling of the name: burglar. |
| Burghware | A citizen or Burgess. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Burglar | A thief in a castle; for a man's house is his castle; a house-breaker. [UEED] One who is guilty of burglary. |
| Burglare | A variation in the spelling of the name: burglar. |
| Burglayer | A variation in the spelling of the name: burglar. |
| Burglour | A variation in the spelling of the name: burglar. |
| Burgomaster | The chief magistrate of a Dutch of Flemish town, nearly corresponding to the mayor in England. Often used loosely for any member of the governing body of a foreign municipality. Also for borough-master, as an official title in certain English boroughs. |
| Buri | A word signifying Husbandmen. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Buriar | A variation in the spelling of the name: burier. |
| Burias | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Buriays | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burier | One who buries; a grave-digger. |
| Buries | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burjase | A variation in the spelling of the name: burgess. |
| Burl | This name of this occupation, signifying one who bears the cup, was derived from the Old English byrle. The name basically describes a butler. |
| Burler | One who finished cloth, in connection with tapestry and dyeing. The name derives from the word burl which meant to dress cloth, esp. by removing knots and lumps; 'to dress cloth as fullers do'. |
| Burleyer | A variation in the spelling of the name: burglar. |
| Burleyman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Burmaiden | A variation in the spelling of the name: bowermaiden. |
| Burn-crust | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a 'jocular' name for a baker. |
| Burneman | The man working for a brewster to carry water or barm, the frothy scum that forms on the top of the malt liquor through fermentation. |
| Burnisher | One who burnishes. The man who polished metal objects. |
| Buroughmaster | A variation in the spelling of the name: boroughmaster. |
| Bursholder | Another name for borsholder, thirdborough, headborough, etc. |
| Buryer | A variation in the spelling of the name: burier. |
| Buscarles | A variation in the spelling of the name: buthscarle. |
| Bus-napper | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a constable. |
| Bus-napper's kenchin | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a watchman. |
| Butcher | One whose trade is the slaughtering of large tame animals for food; one who kills such animals and sells their flesh; in mod. use it sometimes denotes a tradesman who merely deals in meat. |
| Buthscarle | Mariners or seamen. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Butler | A servant who has charge of the wine-cellar and dispenses the liquor. The name was variously spelled: bottler, and the room in which the bottles were stored was the "buttery". Over the years, the duties of the butler expanded to the point where that man became the personal servant of, and performing most of the domestic duties for, the master. |
| Butsecarl | A variation in the spelling of the name: buthscarle. |
| Buttonmaker | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was one who manufactured buttons out of bone, ivory, horn, wood, brass, silver, gold and pewter. |
| Bydel | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Bydelle | A variation in the spelling of the name: beadle. |
| Byerlawman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Byrlaman | A variation in the spelling of the name: byrlawman. |
| Byrlawman | An officer appointed at a Court-leet for various local duties, as the framing and execution of byrlaws, looking after nuisances, administration of justice in minor matters, arbitration in agricultural disputes, etc.. |
| Byryere | A variation in the spelling of the name: burier. |
