| Labourer | One who performs physical labor as a service or for a livelihood: spec. one who does work requiring chiefly bodily strength or aptitude and little skill or training, as distinguished, e.g., from an artisan. |
| Lace-man | A man who manufactures or deals in lace. |
| Lace-woman | A woman who works or deals in lace. |
| Ladle-man | A workman who uses a ladle. Also, a ladler. |
| Lady's Maid | To wait on one as a lady's maid. |
| Laeverd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Laferde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Laferrd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Laford | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lagger | slang Sailor. |
| Laird | Scottish form of Lord; a landed proprietor, in ancient times limited to those who held immediately from the King. A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lairdess | A laird's wife. |
| Lamber | One who tends ewes when lambing. |
| Lambert | According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, this name evolved from lamb-herd. |
| Lambskin Man | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a judge. |
| Landerer | A variation in the spelling of the name: launderer. |
| Landeress | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Landimer | A measurer of land. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Land-pirate | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a highwayman. |
| Landres | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Landress | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Landresse | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Lapidary | One busied about or concerned with stones. An artificer who cuts, polishes or engraves gems or precious stones. |
| Lapper | One who laps or folds up (linen). Also, one who uses a lap or lapidary wheel. |
| Lard | A variation in the spelling of the name: laird. A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Larde | A variation in the spelling of the name: laird. A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Larder | One who lards. To 'lard' meant to insert small strips of bacon (or of other fat meat) in the substance of (meat, poultry, etc.) before cooking. It also meant to enrich with or as with fat; to fatten. |
| Larderer | One who has charge of a larder. A clerk of a kitchen. [UEED] |
| Lardiner | A Larder. Also, An official who has charge of a larder. Obs. exc. as the title of an honorary office. |
| Latenere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lattener. |
| Latitat | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a nickname for an attorney (from the name of a writ). |
| Lattener | A worker in or maker of latten. Latten was a mixed metal of yellow colour, either identical with, or closely resembling, brass; often hammered into thin sheets. |
| Lattennare | A variation in the spelling of the name: lattener. |
| Latoner | A variation in the spelling of the name: lattener. |
| Laud | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Launderer | One who launders (linen). Also, one who 'launders' gold or plate; a sweater. |
| Laundrer | A variation in the spelling of the name: launderer. |
| Laundres | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Laundress | A woman whose occupation it is to wash and 'get up' linen. |
| Laundresse | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Lavander | A variation in the spelling of the name: lavender. |
| Lavard | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lavender | A washerwoman, laundress. Formerly also (rarely), a man who washes clothes, a washerman. |
| Lavendere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lavender. |
| Lavendre | A variation in the spelling of the name: lavender. |
| Lavendyre | A variation in the spelling of the name: lavender. |
| Laverd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lavunder | A variation in the spelling of the name: lavender. |
| Lawaier | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawayer | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lawer | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawgiver | One who gives, i.e. makes or promulgates, a law or code of laws; a legislator. |
| Lawier | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawiere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Laweour | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Laweyer | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Laweyere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawezer | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawman | One whose official duty it was to declare the law. Also, a man of law, lawyer. Also, a law enforecement officer. |
| Lawnderer | A variation in the spelling of the name: launderer. |
| Lawndresse | A variation in the spelling of the name: laundress. |
| Lawyer | One versed in the law; a member of the legal profession, one whose business it is to conduct suits in the courts, or to advise clients, in the widest sense embracing every branch of the profession, though in colloquial use often limited to attorneys and solicitors. |
| Lawyere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Lawyeress | A female lawyer. |
| Lawyour | A variation in the spelling of the name: lawyer. |
| Leard | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Leatherhead | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a slang term for a policeman. |
| Leatherman | A leather-seller. |
| Leatherneck | A sailor's name for a soldier, from the leather stock he used to wear. Also, a marine. U.S.. |
| Lederer | German for tanner; a maker of leather. |
| Leech | A physician; one who practices the healing art. The name is derived from the Saxon word, lece meaning 'to heal', and also meant a farrier or horse doctor. [UEED] |
| Leechwoman | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was a female physician. |
| Lee-wheel | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for an "assistant to the helmsman." |
| Legger | A man who propels a canal barge through a tunnel by thrusting his legs against the wall. Also, in a slaughter-house, a butcher or packer who works on the legs of the carcasses. |
| Leverd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Levite | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a priest or parson. |
| Leysmith | According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, this name came from alloy-smith, one who fabricated objects out of metal alloys. |
| Lhoaverd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lhord | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lighterman | One employed on or owning a lighter. In this case the word lighter refers to: a boat or vessel, usually a flat-bottomed barge, used in lightening or unloading (sometimes loading) ships that cannot be discharged (or loaded) at a wharf. |
| Light-horse | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "mounted men who were not encumbered with armour." |
| Lily-white | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a chimney-sweeper. |
| Limb Of The Law | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for an inferior attorney. |
| Limeburner | One whose occupation it is to make lime by burning limestone. |
| Limmer | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Limner | An illuminator of manuscripts. Also, A painter, esp. a portrait painter. Sometimes a water-colour artist. |
| Linen-armourer | A maker of 'linen armour' (i.e. gambesons and similar adjuncts to armour). According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a tailor. |
| Linen-draper | A retail trader who deals in linens, calicos, and the like. |
| Linen-draperess | The wife of a linen-draper, a female linen-draper. |
| Linener | A linen-draper or shirtmaker. |
| Linen-man | A shirtmaker or linen-draper. |
| Liner | An official whose duty is the tracing of the boundaries of properties in the burghs. Also, one whose business it is to paint lines on the wheels, etc. of carriages. |
| Lister | A preaching friar. Also, one who makes out a list, spec. of taxable property; an assessor. |
| Listre | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. |
| Litestere | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Litstair | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Litster | A dyer. |
| Littester | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Little-clergyman | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a young chimney-sweeper. |
| Littstar | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Liveryman | A liveried retainer or servant. In this case the word liveried refers to being dressed in a particular suit or uniform. Also, a keeper of or attendant at a livery-stable. |
| Loader | One who loads (in various senses); a carrier; a man who stands on the top of a wagon, a haystack, etc., and arranges the hay or corn which is forked up. |
| Loadesman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Loadsman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Loafeater | One who 'eats the bread' of a master; a household servant. |
| Loan-monger | A contemptuous name for a loan-contractor. |
| Loblolly-boy | An attendant who assists a ship's surgeon and his mates in their duties. Also, an errand-boy, man of all work. |
| Loblolly-doctor | a sailor's name for a ship's doctor. |
| Loblolly-man | A surgeon's mate. |
| Lobster | A contemptuous name for a British soldier. |
| Locker | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockyer. |
| Lockier | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockyer. |
| Lockman | (The original sense would be 'turnkey, jailer'). In Scotland: a public executioner, hangman. In the Isle of Man: the coroner's summoner. |
| Lockmane | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockman. |
| Locksman | A turnkey, jailor. |
| Locksmith | An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks. According to Edwin Tunis in his book, Colonial Craftsmen, the making of locks was a branch of blacksmithing, and that many blacksmiths could make locks since their workings were rather simple. |
| Lockster | A woman who picks yarn. |
| Lockyer | A locksmith. |
| Lockyere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockyer. |
| Locoman | The driver of a locomotive; and engine-driver. |
| Lodeman | a variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman.. |
| Loder | A variation in the spelling of the name: loader. |
| Lodesman | A leader, guide. Also, a pilot; a steersman. The name is derived from the Saxon word Loodisman, meaning a coasting pilot, who conducts ships into harbours. [UEED] |
| Lodezman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Lodisman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Lodseman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Lodysman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Logger | One who fells timber or cuts it into logs; a lumberman. |
| Logographer | A lawyer's clerk; an accountant. Also, a writer of traditional history in prose. Also, a professional speech-writer. |
| Loikman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockman. |
| Lokere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockyer. |
| Lokman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lockman. |
| Lombar | A variation in the spelling of the name: lombard. |
| Lombard | A native of Lombardy engaged as a banker, money-changer, or pawnbroker, hence applied gen. to a person carrying on any of these businesses. |
| Lombarde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lombard. |
| Lombart | A variation in the spelling of the name: lombard. |
| Longshoreman | One who frequents, or is employed along, the shore e.g. a man engaged in loading and unloading cargoes, or in fishing for oysters, etc. along the shore. |
| Looder | A variation in the spelling of the name: loader. |
| Loodisman | A variation in the spelling of the name: lodesman. |
| Looker | One who looks after or has charge of anything; a guardian, keeper, shepherd, farm-bailiff, steward. |
| Loomer | Those who take the warp as it comes from the 'taper', and prepare it for the loom. |
| Loom-flitter | A weaver. |
| Loom-lord | The proprietor of weaving machinery. |
| Lord | A master, ruler. Also, One who has dominion over others as his subjects, or to whom service and obedience are due; a master, chief, prince, sovereign. Also, a feudal superior; the proprietor of a fee, manor, etc. |
| Lord-borough | One who has quasi-manorial rights in certain English boroughs. |
| Lorde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lordene | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lordlet | A little or young lord. |
| Lord-lieutenant | The title of various high officials holding deputed authority from the sovereign. |
| Loremair | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lorendriver | A smuggler. |
| Loresman | A teacher, instructor. |
| Lorette | A courtesan of a class which at one time had its headquarters in the vicinity of the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris. |
| Lorettine | A nun of any order of Our Lady of Loretto. |
| Lorimer | A maker of bits and metal mountings for horses' bridles; also, a spurrier, and (generally) a maker of small iron ware and a worker in wrought iron. |
| Loriner | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lorld | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lorlde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lorriner | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lorymar | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lorymere | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Loryner | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lotman | A pressed seaman; an alleged synonym for pirate. |
| Lot-monger | One who practices sortilege. In this case the word sortilege refers to soothsaying using lots. |
| Lot-teller | A fortune-teller. |
| Lourde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Loverd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lovered | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lovuerde | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lowerd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lowriemeir | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Loyrymer | A variation in the spelling of the name: lorimer. |
| Lumberer | One engaged in the lumber or timber trade. Also, a pawnbroker. |
| Lumberjack | A lumberman. |
| Lumberman | One whose work is among lumber or rough timber, esp. one who fells and dresses timber in the forest. |
| Lumberscaler | One who measures up timber. |
| Lumbershover | A labourer in a lumber yard. |
| Lumbert | A variation in the spelling of the name: lombard. |
| Luminer | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lumper | A labourer employed in loading and unloading cargoes, esp. timber. |
| Lurcher | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a bum bailiff, a lurcher of the law. |
| Lurd | A variation in the spelling of the name: lord. |
| Lurrier | An operative in textile-printing. |
| Lymenor | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lymenore | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lymmer | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lymner | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lymnore | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lymnour | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lympner | A variation in the spelling of the name: limner. |
| Lynar | A variation in the spelling of the name: liner. |
| Lyner | A variation in the spelling of the name: liner. |
| Lynnor | A variation in the spelling of the name: liner. |
| Lystare | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Lyster | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. |
| Lystore | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. |
| Lystyr | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. |
| Lytaster | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Lytster | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Lyttester | A variation in the spelling of the name: litster. |
| Lyysterre | A variation in the spelling of the name: lister. |
