Glossary
Name | Term description |
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Name Abbot |
Term description
Senior monk in charge of an abbey in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church |
Name Accomptant/accountant |
Term description
One who arranges and analyses financial accounts for others |
Name Admiral |
Term description
Senior naval officer, in charge of a fleet |
Name Advocate |
Term description
A lawyer who is qualified to plead before the higher courts of law (corresponds to a barrister in England) |
Name Ag. Lab. |
Term description
Agricultural labourer |
Name Agent |
Term description
Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
Name Agent for the sick and wounded at Gibraltar |
Term description
Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
Name Aide-de-camp |
Term description
Junior military officer appointed as assistant to more senior officer |
Name Albany herald |
Term description
Royal messenger, later member of Lyon Court |
Name Ale seller |
Term description
One who sells ale and beer to the public for consumption at home |
Name Alewife |
Term description
A woman who sells ale |
Name Allakay/allekay |
Term description
Footman, lackey |
Name Allkymist |
Term description
Alchemist |
Name Anchor-smith |
Term description
One who makes anchors for ships and boats |
Name Annealer |
Term description
A person who processes metal or glass by heating it in a furnace and then immersing it in a chemical bath |
Name Annuitant |
Term description
Person who receives an annuity (guaranteed payment made yearly either for life or for a specified number of years) |
Name Apothecarie/apothecary |
Term description
Surgeon, druggist, pharmacist |
Name App. |
Term description
Apprentice |
Name Apparent |
Term description
Heir to landed property, who has already succeeded |
Name Appearand |
Term description
Heir to landed property, who has already succeeded |
Name Apprent |
Term description
One attached by formal arrangement to (usually) a craftsman to assist him and learn the craft |
Name Apprentice |
Term description
One attached by formal arrangement to (usually) a craftsman to assist him and learn the craft |
Name Aqua-vitae/aquavite/aquavitie maker/aquavitie man |
Term description
Whisky distiller |
Name Arch-beddle |
Term description
Senior church or university officer |
Name Archbishop |
Term description
Senior clergyman in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church, in charge of a province |