| 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 |
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