| 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 |
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