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Name Term description
NameSerjand-major Term description

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

NameSerjeant Term description

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

NameSerjeant-major Term description

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

NameServant Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServant bailie Term description

1. Town magistrate. 2. One who works for another in a domestic setting.

NameServant boy Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServant lass Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServant woman Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServantman Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServitor Term description

An assistant, lawyer's clerk, apprentice, assistant schoolmaster

NameServitour Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameServitrix Term description

One who works for another in a domestic setting

NameSession clerk Term description

Senior elder in a church of scotland congregation

NameSettmaker Term description

A person who fashions setts, blocks of stone, usually granite, used in paving of roads, etc

NameSewster Term description

Seamstress, needlewoman

NameSexton Term description

A church officer who rings the church bell, buries the dead, attends the clergyman

NameShambo-dresser Term description

Chamois (goatskin) leather dresser

NameShambo-maker Term description

Chamois (goatskin) leather dresser

NameSheerman Term description

Scissor maker

NameSheirmaker Term description

Scissor maker

NameShepherd Term description

One who tends a flock of sheep, or herd of animals

NameSheref-clerk Term description

Official in local sheriff-court, making and recording documents

NameSheriff Term description

Judge in local court, enforcer of law at local level

NameSheriff clerk/sheriff-clerk Term description

1. Official in local sheriff-court, making and recording documents. 2. One who documents the business of an office.

NameSheriff depute Term description

Chief judge of a county or district