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Name Term description
NameCollector of customs Term description

One who gathers revenue

NameCollector of excise Term description

One who gathers revenue

NameCollector of salt duties Term description

One who gathers revenue

NameCollector of window lights Term description

One who gathers revenue

NameCollier Term description

One who works in a mine

NameColonel/colonell Term description

Senior commissioned army officer, in charge of a regiment

NameColourmaker Term description

One who makes and/or sells paints

NameColourman Term description

A mixer of dyes in textiles

NameColporteur Term description

A travelling salesman, especially of religious tracts and books

NameColzear/colzeare Term description

Miner

NameComedian Term description

An entertainer

NameCom-maker/comb-maker/combmaker Term description

One who makes combs

NameCommander Term description

Senior officer on board ship

NameCommander-in chief Term description

Senior army officer in charge of large army unit

NameCommendatar/commendator Term description

Holder of a benefice (after the Reformation often a layman)

NameCommercial traveller Term description

A travelling sales representative for a company

NameCommisar clerk/commissar clerk Term description

One who records business in a commissary office, usually recording wills

NameCommissar/comissary/commisser Term description

Civil official of the commissary court

NameCommissarie-deputy Term description

Civil official of the commissary court

NameCommissar-officer Term description

Civil official of the commissary court

NameCommissary clerk Term description

One who records business in a commissary office, usually recording wills

NameCommissary clerk depute Term description

One who records business in a commissary office, usually recording wills

NameCommisser officer Term description

One who records business in a commissary office, usually recording wills

NameCommissioner Term description

Lawyer qualified to hear oaths

NameCommon clerk Term description

One who documents the business of an office