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Name Term description
NameCarrier Term description

One who transports goods

NameCarrier of the black box Term description

One who transports goods

NameCart wheelwright Term description

One who makes and fits wheels for carts

NameCarter Term description

One who makes or drives carts

NameCartwright Term description

One who builds freight vehicles

NameCarver and gilder Term description

1. One who cuts patterns into wood, etc. 2. One who applies a layer of gold to objects

NameCashier Term description

One who handles payments in a bank or other business

NameCatechist Term description

Church teacher, ordained official usually in reformed church

NameCaulker Term description

A person who presses oakum (tarred rope) into the seams of ships to make them watertight

NameChairbearer Term description

One who carries a sedan chair and its passenger

NameChairman Term description

One who carries a sedan chair and its passenger

NameChair-master Term description

One who carries a sedan chair or oversees a fleet of chairs

NameChaise hirer Term description

One who arranges the hire of passenger vehicles

NameChaise setter/chaise-setter Term description

One who arranges the hire of passenger vehicles

NameChalmerlaine/chalmerlane/chamberlain Term description

Senior indoor manservant

NameChancellor Term description

Senior legal official

NameChandlar/chandler Term description

Candlestick and candle maker; dealer in candles, oils and soap.

NameChange keeper Term description

One who is in charge of an inn

NameChantour Term description

Choirmaster or chanter in church

NameChaplain Term description

Clergyman privately appointed to a person or institution

NameChapman Term description

Shopman, pedlar, itinerant salesman

NameChapman traveller/travellor Term description

Shopman, pedlar, itinerant salesman

NameCharge des affaires Term description

Charge d'affaires, one appointed to represent a country or large institution in business matters

NameCharwoman Term description

A cleaner

NameCheesemonger Term description

One who sells cheese to the public