| 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  | 
                  
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