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Name	Term description
Name P.	Term description Pensioner (usually army or navy)
Name P.L.W.	Term description Power-loom weaver
Name Packman	Term description Pedlar, travelling merchant
Name Painter	Term description Artist, maker of portraits
Name Palfurniour	Term description Palfurner, groom, man in charge of horses
Name Panter	Term description Painter
Name Pantoun-heilmaker	Term description 1. A heel maker for soft shoes or slippers. 2. One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes
Name Paper stainer	Term description One who colours paper
Name Papermaker	Term description One who makes paper
Name Parchment maker	Term description One who prepares skins for use as parchment
Name Park-keeper	Term description One who looks after a park on behalf of its owner
Name Parochinar/parochiner	Term description Parishioner
Name Parson	Term description Parish clergyman, usually pre-Reformation
Name Pasment-weifar	Term description Passement (decorative edging) weaver
Name Passenger	Term description Traveller or possibly a ferryman
Name Pastry-cook	Term description One who makes and works with pastry
Name Paticer	Term description One who makes and works with pastry
Name Pauper	Term description A person who is destitute, one who is forced to rely on some form of charity or public provision
Name Pavier	Term description 1. Paver (of streets, pavements, floors etc). 2. One who works on laying and maintaining the surfaces of roads
Name Pedagog	Term description Teacher, instructor
Name Pedall	Term description Beadle, church officer
Name Peir-weik maker	Term description One who makes wigs and hairpieces for men and women
Name Pendicler	Term description The tenant of a pendicle - a small piece of ground forming part of a larger holding or farm, often let out to a sub-tenant
Name Penny-pie-baker	Term description 1. One who makes cheap pies for sale on the street. 2. One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries
Name Pensioner	Term description One in receipt of an allowance, often from the army or navy