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Name Term description
NameLabourer Term description

Workman

NameLaceman Term description

Maker of laces (cords)

NameLace-weaver Term description

Weaver of laces (cords)

NameLadie Term description

Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman

NameLadies' hairdresser and perfumer Term description

One who arranges women's hair and sells perfume

NameLady Term description

Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman

NameLaird Term description

Landowner, landlord, chief

NameLand labourer Term description

Workman

NameLand officer in HM Customs Term description

One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration

NameLand surveyor Term description

One who estimates or measures area of land

NameLand-laborer/land-labourer Term description

Workman

NameLand-measurer Term description

One who estimates or measures area of land

NameLand-steward Term description

One who looks after the lands of an estate

NameLand-surveyor Term description

One who estimates or measures area of land

NameLand-surveyor of Customs Term description

One who estimates or measures area of land

NameLand-waiter/landwaiter Term description

Customs officer, who oversaw the landing of goods

NameLapper Term description

Worked in textile finishing, folding or doubling the cloth repeatedly upon itself ready for packing

NameLast-maker Term description

Maker of lasts (for shoemaking)

NameLath-splitter Term description

Person who splits wood into laths

NameLawful daughter/son Term description

Legitimate daughter/son

NameLaxfisher Term description

Salmon fisherman

NameLeather cutter Term description

One who cuts leather into required shapes

NameLeather merchant Term description

One who buys and sells leather

NameLeather-dresser Term description

One who prepares leather

NameLecturer Term description

Teacher in a university