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Name Term description
NameTacksman Term description

A person who holds a lease and sublets land to others. (tacksmen were found mostly in the highlands from the 17th century, and were often a close relative of the chief. Although some of them farmed the land themselves, most lived off the difference between the low rent they paid to the chief and the rents they charged to sublet the land.)

NameTailor Term description

One who makes men's clothing

NameTailor burges Term description

One who makes men's clothing

NameTailzeour Term description

One who makes men's clothing

NameTallor Term description

One who makes men's clothing

NameTalor Term description

One who makes men's clothing

NameTambourer Term description

Embroiderer (using hoops to hold the cloth in place)

NameTanner Term description

A person who cures hides to produce leather

NameTapestrier Term description

One who weaves tapestry

NameTapsman Term description

A head servant, the person in charge of a drove

NameTapster Term description

One who draws and serves alcohol

NameTasker Term description

Pieceworker

NameTavernor Term description

Innkeeper

NameTax-gatherer Term description

One who collects revenue locally

NameTaxman Term description

Tenant of land, who sub-lets rents or tacks

NameTea merchant Term description

One who buys and sells tea

NameTeacher Term description

One who instructs, usually in a school

NameTeller Term description

Bank clerk

NameTenant Term description

One who rents property from another and inhabits it

NameTenementer Term description

Holder of a tenement

NameTennent Term description

One who rents property from another and inhabits it

NameTenter Term description

A mechanic who repairs power looms

NameTerce-pryour Term description

Head of a priory, religious house for men

NameThatcher Term description

A person who thatches roofs using reeds, heather or turf

NameTheicker/theiker/theikar Term description

One who roofs buildings with reeds or straw