| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameQuaiffmaker |
Term description Cap maker. One who makes soft headgear. |
| NameQuariour/quarrier/quarriour |
Term description One who works in a quarry |
| NameQuarter-gunner |
Term description One of a team manning a large gun in the army or the navy |
| NameQuartermaster |
Term description Organiser of supplies, usually in the army or in a guild |
| NameQuarter-master |
Term description Organiser of supplies, usually in the army or in a guild |
| NameQuartier |
Term description Quartermaster of a ship |
| NameQueffmaker |
Term description Cap maker |
| NameQuerrior |
Term description One who works in a quarry |
| NameQueyn/quine |
Term description A young woman |
| NameQueynie/quinie |
Term description A little girl |
| NameQuondam |
Term description Former or deceased |
| NameQuot |
Term description The twentieth part of the moveable estate of a deceased person, which was originally the due of the bishop in whose diocese he had resided. It continued to be paid after the Reformation, but to the commissaries. |
| NameQuey/quoy |
Term description A heifer. Other variants included 'ky' and 'coy'. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>. |
| NameQuinsy |
Term description A complication of tonsillitis characterised by the formation of abscesses (also known as suppurative tonsillitis or p<span class="st">eritonsillar abscess).</span> |
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