| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameB. or bach. |
Term description Bachelor |
| NameBailer/bailie/baille/baillie |
Term description Magistrate in a Scottish town or burgh |
| NameBailie-clerk |
Term description One who documents the business of the bailies in a town |
| NameBailie-depute |
Term description One acting as deputy to a town magistrate |
| NameBailiff/Balif |
Term description 1. The protector of fishing rights on a river; 2. Town magistrate |
| NameBait-wright |
Term description Boatbuilder |
| NameBaker |
Term description One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries |
| NameBakester |
Term description One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries |
| NameBanker |
Term description One owning or running a financial house |
| NameBanksman |
Term description A person in charge of miner's cages at the pithead |
| NameBarber/barbour |
Term description One who shaves others, later also cutting hair, extracting teeth and carrying out rough surgery |
| NameBarber-chirurgeon |
Term description One who shaves others, later also cutting hair, extracting teeth and carrying out rough surgery |
| NameBarboner |
Term description Weaver |
| NameBargeman |
Term description A manager of a barge |
| NameBarker |
Term description Tanner |
| NameBarnman |
Term description Thresher |
| NameBaron |
Term description Senior official in the Exchequer |
| NameBaron bailie/baron-bailze |
Term description A magistrate appointed by a lord superior in a burgh of barony |
| NameBaron of HM Exchequer |
Term description Senior official in the Exchequer |
| NameBaronet |
Term description Junior rank of nobility |
| NameBaron-officer |
Term description One employed to uphold the law in a barony |
| NameBarony officer |
Term description One employed to uphold the law in a barony |
| NameBarrack-master |
Term description One in charge of an army barracks, often a non-commissioned officer |
| NameBarrister |
Term description Lawyer at the English Bar |
| NameBatcher |
Term description In textiles for example Jute or flax, a person who sorted the bales of different qualities and colours into batches ready to be prepared for spinning |
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