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Name	Term description
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