Name | Term description |
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NameP.L.W. |
Term description Power-loom weaver |
NamePackman |
Term description Pedlar, travelling merchant |
NamePainter |
Term description Artist, maker of portraits |
NamePalfurniour |
Term description Palfurner, groom, man in charge of horses |
NamePanter |
Term description Painter |
NamePantoun-heilmaker |
Term description 1. A heel maker for soft shoes or slippers. 2. One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes |
NamePaper stainer |
Term description One who colours paper |
NamePapermaker |
Term description One who makes paper |
NameParchment maker |
Term description One who prepares skins for use as parchment |
NamePark-keeper |
Term description One who looks after a park on behalf of its owner |
NameParochinar/parochiner |
Term description Parishioner |
NameParson |
Term description Parish clergyman, usually pre-Reformation |
NamePasment-weifar |
Term description Passement (decorative edging) weaver |
NamePassenger |
Term description Traveller or possibly a ferryman |
NamePastry-cook |
Term description One who makes and works with pastry |
NamePaticer |
Term description One who makes and works with pastry |
NamePauper |
Term description A person who is destitute, one who is forced to rely on some form of charity or public provision |
NamePavier |
Term description 1. Paver (of streets, pavements, floors etc). 2. One who works on laying and maintaining the surfaces of roads |
NamePedagog |
Term description Teacher, instructor |
NamePedall |
Term description Beadle, church officer |
NamePeir-weik maker |
Term description One who makes wigs and hairpieces for men and women |
NamePendicler |
Term description The tenant of a pendicle - a small piece of ground forming part of a larger holding or farm, often let out to a sub-tenant |
NamePenny-pie-baker |
Term description 1. One who makes cheap pies for sale on the street. 2. One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries |
NamePensioner |
Term description One in receipt of an allowance, often from the army or navy |
NamePerfumer |
Term description One who makes and sells perfumes |
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