| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameAbbot |
Term description Senior monk in charge of an abbey in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church |
| NameAccomptant/accountant |
Term description One who arranges and analyses financial accounts for others |
| NameAdmiral |
Term description Senior naval officer, in charge of a fleet |
| NameAdvocate |
Term description A lawyer who is qualified to plead before the higher courts of law (corresponds to a barrister in England) |
| NameAg. Lab. |
Term description Agricultural labourer |
| NameAgent |
Term description Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
| NameAgent for the sick and wounded at Gibraltar |
Term description Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
| NameAide-de-camp |
Term description Junior military officer appointed as assistant to more senior officer |
| NameAlbany herald |
Term description Royal messenger, later member of Lyon Court |
| NameAle seller |
Term description One who sells ale and beer to the public for consumption at home |
| NameAlewife |
Term description A woman who sells ale |
| NameAllakay/allekay |
Term description Footman, lackey |
| NameAllkymist |
Term description Alchemist |
| NameAnchor-smith |
Term description One who makes anchors for ships and boats |
| NameAnnealer |
Term description A person who processes metal or glass by heating it in a furnace and then immersing it in a chemical bath |
| NameAnnuitant |
Term description Person who receives an annuity (guaranteed payment made yearly either for life or for a specified number of years) |
| NameApothecarie/apothecary |
Term description Surgeon, druggist, pharmacist |
| NameApp. |
Term description Apprentice |
| NameApparent |
Term description Heir to landed property, who has already succeeded |
| NameAppearand |
Term description Heir to landed property, who has already succeeded |
| NameApprent |
Term description One attached by formal arrangement to (usually) a craftsman to assist him and learn the craft |
| NameApprentice |
Term description One attached by formal arrangement to (usually) a craftsman to assist him and learn the craft |
| NameAqua-vitae/aquavite/aquavitie maker/aquavitie man |
Term description Whisky distiller |
| NameArch-beddle |
Term description Senior church or university officer |
| NameArchbishop |
Term description Senior clergyman in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church, in charge of a province |
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