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Gabeler 

Gaffer 

Gaffman 

Gager 

Galvaniser 


Game Keeper 



Gamester 

Ganger 

Gangsman 

Ganneker 

Gaoler 

Garcifer, Garcio

Garlekmonger

Garthman 



Gater 

Gatherer 


Gatherers Boy 


Gatward 

Gauger 


Gaunter 

Gaveller 




Gelder 

Gentleman 


Gentry 


Geometer 

Gerund Grinder 

Gilder 

Gimler 

Ginour 

Girdler 

Girthoxter 

Glass
Coachman 

Glassewryght

Glassman 

Glazier 

Goat Carriage Man 

Goldsmith 

Goodman 


Goose Herd 

Gorzeman 

Grace Wife 

Graffer 

Granger 

Graver 


Grazier 

Greave Or Grieve 

Green Grocer 

Greensmith 

Greenwich Barber 

Griffin 


Grimbribber 

Grinder 




Groover 

Groundsel & Chickweed Seller 


Guardian 


Guinea Pig 

Gummer 

Gynour

Gyp


A tax collector. 

[1] Foreman of a gang of workers.    [2] An elderly rustic, an old man. 

A bailiff. 

A tax collector of liquor taxes. 

An iron worker who handled process of coating metal with zinc, to inhibit formation of
rust. 

A person who worked on an estate and protected the game and livestock from the
intrusion of poachers. The role was not unlike that of the ancient foresters, who
protected the stocks of the King's game. 

[1] A gambler,    [2] A prostitute (19c. slang). 

An overseer or foreman, 1850 onwards. 

A foreman. 

A tavern keeper. 

A Jailer.

Groom, attendant. 

Dealer in garlic. 

[1] Yardman or herdsman. 
[2] One responsible for the upkeep of a garth, a dam built in a river to catch fish. 
[3] Owner or worker of a fish trap. 

A watchman. 

A glassworker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the blower
(q.v.). 

See Gatherer. A person who held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat of
a fire or furnace. 

A goat keeper. 

A customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to
calculate the customs duty. 

A glover. 

[1] Usurer. 
[2] In the Forest of Dean, an officer of the Crown who granted gales or the right to work
a mine. 
[3] In Suffolk a harvest worker, usually female. 

A castrator of animals, especially horses. 

A member of the gentry, a descendant from an aristocratic family whose income came
from the rental of his land. 

Remaining families of hereditary rank. In the English system, the baronets and the
knights. 

A person skilled in geometry. 

Latin instructor (nickname). 

A person who applied gold leaf. 

A machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card. 

An engineer. 

A leather worker who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army. 

See Girthweaver. 

See Jobmaster. Driver of two-horse carriage hired out for the day.


Maker and mender of glassware.

A seller of glassware. 

A glass cutter or window glassman. 

A driver of small passenger carriage. 


[1] A maker of gold articles,    [2] A banker (nickname). 

A solid member of the community who ranked above a free-man but below a gentleman
on the social scale. 

A person who tends geese. 

A seller of gorse or broom. 

A midwife. 

A notary or scrivener. 

A farmer. 

[1] A carver or sculptor, engraver of images. 
[2] Dockside worker who cleaned ship bottoms by burning and tarring. 

A person who pastures and raises cattle. 

Bailiff, foreman, sheriff. 

A fruit and vegetable seller. 

A worker in copper or latten. 

A retailer of sand collected from the Greenwich pits. 

A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways; a novice, a
newcomer, a greenhorn. 

A lawyer. 

[1] A person who operated grinding machine. Found in various trades, metal works,
knife sharpening, cutlery in general, also glass and toolmaking. 
[2] Worker who maintained a carding machine (textile industry). 
[3] A private tutor (slang). 

A miner. 

A street seller of common weeds, used to feed pet song-birds. 



An appointee of the court who cares for the property and rights of a minor or someone
incapable of handling his or her own affairs. 

An unattached or roving person whose fee was usually a guinea (slang). 

A person who improved old saws by deepening the cuts.

Engineer. 

A college servant especially one attending undergraduates. 

Haberdasher 


Hacker 

Hackler 


Hackman 

Hackney Man 

Hair Seating & Curled Hair Merchant 

Hairman/
Hairweaver 

Halbert Carrier 


Hamberghmaker (Hamberow)

Hammerman 

Handseller 

Handwoman 

Harlot 


Harmer Beck 

Harper 

Hatcheler Or Hatchler 

Hatter 

Hawker 



Haymonger 

Hayward 



Headsman 

Headswoman 

Heald Knitter 


Heck Maker 

Heckler 

Hedge Looker 

Hedger 

Heelmaker 

Hellier 

Helper-Up 

Hemp Heckler 

Henchman 


Hensman 

Henter 

Hetheleder

Hewer 

Higgler 

High Sheriff 


Highwayman 

Hillier 

Hind 

Hinxman 

Hired Man 

Hobbler 

Hod 

Hodsman 

Hoggard 

Holloware Worker 




Hoofer 

Hooker 


Hooper 

Horner 

Horse Coper 

Horse Courser 

Horse Knave 

Horse Leech 

Horse Marine 

Horse-Capper 

Horse-Hair
Curler 

Hosier 



Hosteller 

Hostler 


Hotpresser 


House Joiner 

House Wright 

Howdy Wife 

Hoyman 


Huckster 

Huissher 

Hurdleman Or Hurdler 

Hurriers 


Husbandman

Hush Shop Keeper

[1] Dealer in small articles, eg. ribbons, needles, pins. 
[2] Dealer in hats, shirts, ties, collars, etc. in particular men's clothing. 

[1] Wood cutter.    [2] A person who made or used hoes, axe, or other cutting tools. 

A worker in the linen industry. A person who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp
with a hackle, an instrument with teeth. 

See Hackler. 

A renter of horses & carriages. 

A dealer in horse-hair stuffing used in upholstery. 



A weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair. 


A soldier or halberdier, armed with a halberd, a combination spear and battleaxe. A
ceremonial officer.

Horse collar maker. 


A hammerer, a smith. 

A street vendor. 

A midwife or female attendant. 

[1] Vagabond, beggar, rogue.    [2] 14c. male servant, attendant or menial.    [3] 15c.
Loose woman. 

A constable. 

A performer on the harp.  

A person who cleaned, combed or carded flax. 


A maker of or dealer in hats. 

[1] Street seller who cried his wares in town, 
[2] Often applied to country peddlers as a term of abuse, 
[3] Itinerant dealer who carried his wares on his back. 

A dealer in hay. 

[1] Inspector of hedges and fences of a parish who also impounded stray beasts 
[2] Man who tended field set aside to produce hay. 
[3] A fence viewer. 

Nickname for an executioner. 

A midwife. 

An operator of a machine which produced a jersey type of fabric as opposed to woven
fabric. (Textile Industry). 

A maker of a part of a spinning machine by which the yarn is guided to the reels. 

See Hackler. 

See Hayward. Supervised good repair of fence and enclosures. 

A hedge trimmer. 

A person who made shoe heels. 

A slater or tiler of roofs. 

A young boy employed in Durham pits to help other workers. 

A flax dresser. See hackler. 

[1] A horseman or groom;    [2] A Squire, a page of honour. 
[3] Chief attendant of Highland chief. 

A horseman or groom. 

A thief.

Provider of heather for fuel. 

A miner who cut coal, stone, etc., a face worker in a mine. 

A person who haggles or bargains. An itinerant peddler or dealer, similar to a cadger. 

The highest-ranking sheriff, as opposed to deputy sheriffs. The term was popular in
England and Colonial America. 

A robber who preys on public roads. 

A slater or tiler of roofs. See Hellier. 

[1] A household or domestic servant,    [2] In SCT a skilled farm labourer. 

See Henchman. 

A gardener, farmhand, or stableman. 

A person who was employed to tow a boat on the rivers or canals. 

A bricklayer's labourer. 

A mason's assistant. 

A pig drover. 

[1] Pottery worker who made ornaments, teapots, etc. as opposed to flatware such as
plates, dishes, 
[2] One involved in the production of tin trunks, boxes, etc. or the painting and graining
of them. HOLLOWARE was also a trade name for hollow articles of iron, as pots and
kettles. 

A dancer. 

[1] 16c. Reaper,    [2] 19c. Worker in textile industry who operated a machine which laid
fabric flat in uniform folds of any required length. 

A maker of hoops for barrels or casks. 

A worker in horn making spoons, combs, or musical horns. 

A horse dealer. 

An owner of race horses. 

A groom. 

A horse-doctor, or Farrier. See Cowleech. Veterinarian. 

Man-handled barges on canals when horses could not be used. 

A dealer in worthless horses. 

Dressed horse hair which was used extensively in the upholstery trade. 


[1] A retailer of stockings, socks, gloves, night-caps, etc.
[2] The owner of frame-work knitting machines hired them out to workers to produce
stockings. 

An Innkeeper. 

[1] A person cares for horses, stableman, groom, 
[2] USA repairer of railway engines. 

A worker in paper or textile industries. Product was pressed between glazed boards and
hot metal plates to obtain a smooth and shiny surface. 

A house framer. 

A house builder. 

A midwife. 

A person who engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers by water. (Hoy = small
coastal vessel or sloop). 

[1] Street Seller of ale, often a woman,    [2] Retailer of small wares in shop or booth. 

An usher. A door attendant. 

A hedge-maker, of wattled framework fencing, a southern counties trade. 


In coal mining, term applied to the girls aged 5-18 who were employed as coal-drawers (q.v.). 

A tenant farmer who cultivated the land. 

A person who brewed and sold beer without a licence (usually as a side line).


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