Glossary
Name | Term description |
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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 |