| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameBaxter |
Term description One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries |
| NameBaxter boy |
Term description One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries |
| NameBeadle/beddal/beddell/bedell |
Term description Senior church or university officer |
| NameBeadman/bedeman |
Term description A licensed beggar |
| NameBeamer |
Term description In textile industry, wound the warp threads onto a roller before putting it on to the loom |
| NameBeetler |
Term description Operated a beetling machine, used in the textile industry as part of the finishing process. The cloth would be pounded with heavy weights to flatten and close up the threads, thereby producing a sheen. |
| NameBeidman |
Term description Bead(s)man, one living in an almshouse; pauper, beggar |
| NameBelkmaker |
Term description One who makes belts |
| NameBellman/belman |
Term description Bell-ringer, or town cryer |
| NameBelt-maker/beltmaker |
Term description One who makes belts |
| NameBesom maker |
Term description A maker of brooms |
| NameBirlayman/birlieman |
Term description An arbiter in parish disputes |
| NameBishop |
Term description Senior clergyman in pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church, in charge of a see or diocese |
| NameBlacksmith |
Term description One who works iron in a forge |
| NameBlaxter |
Term description A person who whitens cloth or paper pulp |
| NameBleacher |
Term description A person who whitens cloth or paper pulp |
| NameBlockcutter |
Term description A person who makes the hand-carved blocks used to print patterns onto for example Textiles, paper, and linoleum |
| NameBlockmaker |
Term description Trader, broker |
| NameBlockprinter |
Term description A person who prints onto for example Textiles, paper or linoleum from hand-carved blocks |
| NameBoatbuilder |
Term description One who makes boats |
| NameBoatman |
Term description One who works in a boat |
| NameBoatswain |
Term description Ship's officer in charge of the crew |
| NameBoatswain-yeaman |
Term description Ship's officer in charge of the crew |
| NameBoat-wright |
Term description Boatbuilder |
| NameBobbin turner |
Term description A person who makes bobbins or spools out of wood for the textile industry |
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