Almoner - giver of charity Crowner - coroner
Ananuensis - secretary or stenographer Docker - stevedore
Bluestocking - female writer Dowser - water finder
Boniface - innkeeper Fletcher - bow and arrow maker
Burgomaster - mayor Fuller - cloth cleaner, finisher
Chandler - candlemaker Hatcheler - flax comber or carder
Chiffonier - ragpicker Hooper - hoopmaker for casks
Colporteur - book peddler Hostler or Ostler - horse groomer
Cordwainer - shoemaker Leech - physician
Costermonger - fruit and vegetable peddler
Manciple - steward Shrieve - sheriff
Mintmaster - local currency issuer Snobscat - shoe repairer
Peregrinator - intinerant wanderer Sortor - tailor
Peruker - Wigmaker Stuffgownsman -junior barrister
Pettifogger - Irreputable lawyer Tide Waiter - customs inspector
Pumbum - worker plumber Tipstaff - policeman
Rattlewatch - town watchman Vulcan - blacksmith
Scrutineer - election judge Webster - loom operator
Wharfinger - Wharf owner Whitewing - streetsweeper
(Old Farmer's Almanac, reprinted Dec. 1986)
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