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Name Term description
NameScheigrinder Term description

Scissor grinder or sharpener

NameScheirsmith Term description

Scissor smith

NameScheise-maker Term description

Cheese maker

NameSchepherd Term description

One who tends a flock of sheep

NameSchiphird boy Term description

One who tends a flock of sheep

NameSchirsmith Term description

Scissor smith

NameSchoolmaster Term description

Teacher, often head teacher, in school

NameSchoolmistress Term description

Teacher, often head teacher, in school

NameSclater Term description

One who prepares and fits roof slates and other slates

NameScribe Term description

Clerk, secretary

NameScrivener Term description

A scribe employed to draw up contracts

NameSeaman Term description

Sailor, one who works on boats or ships

NameSeamstress Term description

Woman who sews

NameSeave-wright Term description

One who makes sieves

NameSecretary Term description

One who assists with paperwork, clerk

NameSeedman Term description

Seed merchant

NameSeedsman Term description

Seed merchant

NameSeif-wricht Term description

One who makes sieves

NameSeive-maker Term description

One who makes sieves

NameSeive-wricht Term description

One who makes sieves

NameSeive-wright Term description

One who makes sieves

NameSenator of the College of Justice Term description

Judge of Court of Session

NameSenior Term description

Older of two

NameSenior dyer Term description

One who dyes cloth and prepares dyes

NameSergeant Term description

Senior non-commissioned officer in army, or town official dealing with law enforcement