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Name Term description
NameDagmaker Term description

Mitten maker (usually for fishermen)

NameDamasker Term description

One who works with damask cloth

NameDame Term description

Title of lady, usually married or widowed

NameDancing-master Term description

One who teaches dancing

NameDay labourer/day-labourer Term description

Worker paid by the day

NameDeacon Term description

Chief official of craft or trade

NameDeacon convener/deacon-convener Term description

Chief official of craft or trade

NameDeacon convener of trades Term description

Chief official of craft or trade

NameDeacon warner Term description

A deacon was the chief official of a craft or trade, or a lay official in the church; a warner was an official who summoned a congregation to church, or members of a court or council to a meeting

NameDean Term description

Chief official of craft or trade, head of a university faculty, leader of body of lawyers

NameDean of guild Term description

Chief official of craft or trade

NameDempster Term description

A judge, an officer of the court who pronounced sentence

NameDeyman Term description

Either a day labourer (that is, hiring himself out by the day) or a dairyman

NameDingwall pursuivant Term description

A member of the Lyon court

NameDirector Term description

Senior official in government office

NameDistiller Term description

One who makes spirits, often whisky

NameDitcher Term description

One who digs or cleans ditches

NameDoctor Term description

Usually a medical practitioner

NameDoctor of medicine Term description

Usually a medical practitioner

NameDoctor of physic Term description

Usually a medical practitioner

NameDom. Servt. Term description

Domestic servant

NameDomestic Term description

General indoor servant

NameDominie Term description

A schoolmaster or tutor

NameDoor-keeper Term description

One who guards a doorway

NameDowager Term description

Widow of titled man