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Name Term description
NameSacrist Term description

Chief porter and mace bearer (Aberdeen University)

NameSacristane Term description

Sexton of parish church

NameSaddler Term description

Person who makes and sells saddles

NameSaddletree maker Term description

One who makes a saddletree - the frame of a saddle

NameSaddle-tree maker Term description

One who makes a saddletree - the frame of a saddle

NameSadler Term description

One who makes and sells saddles

NameSadle-trie maker Term description

One who makes a saddletree - the frame of a saddle

NameSailmaker/sail-maker Term description

One who sews sails

NameSailor Term description

One who works on board a boat or ship

NameSalmon-fisher Term description

One who catches salmon

NameSalt grieve Term description

Overseer of saltworks

NameSalt officer Term description

1. Overseer of saltworks. 2. One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration.

NameSalt seller Term description

One who sells salt to the public

NameSalt waiter Term description

One who guards saltpans

NameSalt-carrier Term description

One who transports salt

NameSalter Term description

Salt merchant or salt manufacturer

NameSalt-grieve Term description

Overseer of saltworks

NameSalt-watchman Term description

One who guards saltpans

NameSawar Term description

Sawyer

NameSawbones Term description

A surgeon/physician

NameSawer Term description

Sawyer

NameSawyer Term description

A worker in timber pit or sawmill

NameSay-master Term description

Master of assay (to the mint)

NameScallag Term description

The poor servant of a tacksman

NameScavenger Term description

A person who cleans the street (scaffie)