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Name Term description
NameBrewer Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrewer's servant Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrewster Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrickmaker Term description

One who makes bricks

NameBrigadier Term description

Senior army officer, leader of a brigade

NameBrocker Term description

Mispelling of "broker"

NameBrother-german Term description

Full brother, sharing both parents

NameBroudinstar Term description

Embroiderer. One who stitches patterns on to cloth or leather

NameBrouster Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrowdinster Term description

Embroiderer. One who stitches patterns on to cloth or leather

NameBrowstar Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrowster Term description

One who makes ale or beer

NameBrush maker Term description

One who makes brushes

NameBuckler-maker Term description

One who makes small shields

NameBuckram-stiffner Term description

One who applies paste to coarse cloth to make buckram for bookbinding, etc.

NameBulking-master Term description

Harbour official in charge of loading and discharging ships' cargos

NameBurger Term description

Citizen or freeman of a burgh

NameBurges Term description

Citizen or freeman of a burgh

NameBurgess Term description

Person having the freedom of a burgh

NameBurgh clerk Term description

Clerk to the administration of a burgh

NameBurgh officer Term description

One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration

NameBurgs Term description

Citizen or freeman of a burgh

NameBurn ledar Term description

Water carrier

NameBurneman Term description

Water carrier

NameButcher Term description

One who kills animals for meat and sells it