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Name Term description
NameM.S. Term description

Male servant, maiden surname, merchant service

NameMacer Term description

Mace bearer, usher in a court of law

NameMacer before Court of Session Term description

Mace bearer, usher in a court of law

NameMachinery wright Term description

One who makes machinery

NameMagistrate Term description

Judge in local court

NameMail maker Term description

Preparer and seller of (oat)meal

NameMaillmaker Term description

Preparer and seller of (oat)meal

NameMajor Term description

Commissioned army rank, in charge of battalion

NameMajor-general Term description

Senior commissioned army rank, senior to lieutenant-general

NameMalter Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)

NameMaltmaker Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)

NameMaltman Term description

Processed barley into malt for brewing

NameMaltmill-maker Term description

One who makes mills for preparing malt

NameMaltster Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)

NameMan cook Term description

One who prepares general hot food

NameMan of weir Term description

Wirman, fighting man, soldier

NameManager Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory

NameManager of a business Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory

NameManager of a ropery Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory

NameMantua maker Term description

Bonnet maker

NameManufacturer Term description

Maker

NameMarble-cutter Term description

One who cuts blocks of marble

NameMarble-mason Term description

One who works in marble, probably for building stone

NameMarchant Term description

Buyer and seller of goods

NameMarchioness Term description

Wife of Marquis, second rank of nobility, above Countess and below Duchess