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Name Term description
NameThread dyer Term description

One who colours thread

NameThread manufacturer Term description

One who makes thread

NameThread-maker/threadmaker Term description

One who makes thread

NameThrouster Term description

Baler, trusser

NameTide officer Term description

Customs officer who boards ships to check goods

NameTide surveyor Term description

Senior customs officer overseeing boarding of ships to check goods

NameTide-surveyor Term description

Senior customs officer overseeing boarding of ships to check goods

NameTidewaiter/tidewater Term description

Customs officer who boards ships to check goods

NameTide-waiter/tidesman Term description

Customs officer who boards ships to inspect goods

NameTimber merchant Term description

One who deals in rough woods

NameTimberman Term description

One who fells trees and prepares rough wood

NameTimmerman Term description

One who fells trees and prepares rough wood

NameTinplate worker Term description

One who makes tinplate and tinplate objects

NameTinsmith Term description

One who works with tin

NameTobacco spinner/tobacco-spiner/tobacco-spinner Term description

One who prepares tobacco for sale

NameTobacconist Term description

One who sells tobacco and related products to the public

NameTobaconnist Term description

One who sells tobacco and related products to the public

NameTodman Term description

A person employed to kill foxes (tods) on an estate

NameToll-gatherer Term description

One who guards a toll gate and collects payments

NameToun officer/town officer Term description

One who enforces the law within a particular town; one employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration.

NameToun post Term description

One who oversees the delivery of letters

NameTown clerk Term description

Legal advisor to town council

NameTown treasurer Term description

One who looks after money for an organisation

NameTown-clerk Term description

Legal advisor to town council

NameTown-major Term description

One employed to enforce law in a particular town and to participate in town ceremonial