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B born ABBREVIATION B & S a bill of sale LEGAL BA Baptist ABBREVIATION BABAN baby WELSH BACALLARIUS bachelor LATIN BACHELOR an unmarried man LEGAL BACHELOR a young knight serving under another's banner TITLE BACHILLE a piece of arable land that could be worked by 20 oxen in 1 hour (SCT) MEASURE BACK WASHER employed to clean the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry OCCUPATION BACK'US BOY kitchen servant (from "back of the house") OCCUPATION BACKMANN baker OCCUPATION BACKSTER originally a female baker, later used for either sex OCCUPATION BAD Baden, GER PLACE-NAME BAD BLOOD syphilis MEDICAL BADGER licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it and could only work in a defined area (the term "Badgering comes from this"); a corn miller or dealer; an itinerant food trader OCCUPATION BADGY FIDDLER boy trumpeter in the military OCCUPATION BADIGEONNEUR whitewasher or kalsominer FRENCH BAGHDAD BOIL Leishmaniasis MEDICAL BAGMAN travelling salesman OCCUPATION BAGNIOKEEPER in charge of a bath house or brothel OCCUPATION BAILIE officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; in Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, also looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers OCCUPATION BAILIFF officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; in Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, also looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers OCCUPATION BAILLEE officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; in Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, also looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers OCCUPATION BAILLIE officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord; in Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, also looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers OCCUPATION BAIRMAN pauper or beggar OCCUPATION BAKTISTA baptized LATIN BAL MAIDEN female mine worker who worked on the surface; also a Pit Brow Lass OCCUPATION BALER bales hay and in the mills one who bailed wool or cotton goods OCCUPATION BALISTER archer most commonly a crossbowman OCCUPATION BALLARD MASTER in charge of loading the ballast into the hold of empty ships OC CUPATION BALLAST HEAVER loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships OCCUPATION BALLER assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay OCCUPATION BALLER UP assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay OCCUPATION BAMBINA child (female); girl ITALIAN BAMBINO child (male); boy ITALIAN BAN Banff, SCT PLACE-NAME BAND FILER metal worker in the gun making industry OCCUPATION BANDSTER bound the wheat sheaves after harvest OCCUPATION BANG BEGGAR officer of the parish who controlled the length of stay of any stranger to the parish OCCUPATION BANG'S DISEASE brucellosis MEDICAL BANKER dug trenches and ditches to allow drainage of the land, placing the surplus earth in banks around the edge OCCUPATION BANKSMAN employed in the mining industry being in charge of the cages at the pit head; sometimes a term for a bank manager OCCUPATION BANNAM banns LATIN BANNS a public announcement in church of a proposed marriage; usually made on three successive Sundays LEGAL BANQUIER banker; money broker FRENCH BAPT baptized ABBREVIATION BAPTEME baptism FRENCH BAPTISATUS baptized LATIN BAPTISMO baptism PORTUGUESE BAR Barbados PLACE-NAME BARBER VIATICUS pilgrim, traveller, tramp LATIN BARBER'S ITCH infection of the hair follicles of the beard area; ring-worm of the beard; sycosis MEDICAL BARBER'S RASH infection of the hair follicles of the beard area; ring-worm of the beard; sycosis MEDICAL BARBIER barber FRENCH BARD poet or minstrel OCCUPATION BAREMAN beggar or pauper OCCUPATION BARGE MATE Naval officer OCCUPATION BARGEE worked on or owned and operated a barge OCCUPATION BARGEMAN worked on or owned and operated a barge OCCUPATION BARILLA MANUFACTURER made barilla, a substance obtained from burning saltworts, the resulting mixture of sodium salts being used in the glass and ceramics industry OCCUPATION BARKEEPER another name for a tollkeeper OCCUPATION BARKER leather tanner OCCUPATION BARMASTER person to whom all disputes in the lead mining industry were referred OCCUPATION BARRISTER an advocate: entitled to plead at the bar: person who conducts a trial OCCUPATION BARRISTER DJ barrister Department of Justice ABBREVIATION BARTONER in charge of the monastic farm, also known as a barton OCCUPATION BASIL WORKER worked with sheep and goat skins OCCUPATION BASKETMAN made baskets and furniture from wicker, and also employed to empty the basket of coal being offloaded from the colliers into the barges OCCUPATION BASS employed in dressing fiber or matting OCCUPATION BAST DRESSER employed in dressing fiber or matting OCCUPATION BATELIER boatman or bargeman FRENCH BATHING MACHINE PROPRIETOR owned and hired the changing huts used at the seaside in the by bathers OCCUPATION BATMAN officers servant in the army OCCUPATION BATT MAKER made the wadding used in quilt and mattress making OCCUPATION BATTESIMO baptism ITALIAN BATTLEDORE MAKER made the beaters used on clothes carpets, etc to remove the dust (later made the paddles used in washing machines) OCCUPATION BAUER farmer OCCUPATION BAUTISMO baptism SPANISH BAV Bayern (Bavaria), GER PLACE-NAME BAW Baden-Wurttemberg, BRD PLACE-NAME BAXTER originally a female baker, later used for either sex OCCUPATION BAY Bayern (Bavaria), BRD PLACE-NAME BAYWEAVER wove bay (a fine woolen fabric also known as baize) OCCUPATION BB Bible Believer ABBREVIATION BBT Brabant, BEL PLACE-NAME BC Bible Christian ABBREVIATION BD buried ABBREVIATION BDF Bedfordshire, ENG PLACE-NAME BE Bern, CH PLACE-NAME BE British Episcopal Methodist ABBREVIATION BEAD PIERCER employed to drill the holes in beads OCCUPATION BEADARIOUS corn chandler LATIN BEADLE parish officer whose principle duty was to keep order and punish petty offenders; also was the town crier OCCUPATION BEADMAN employed to pray for his employer; inhabitant of an almshouse, poorhouse, hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service OCCUPATION BEADSMAN employed to pray for his employer; inhabitant of an almshouse, poorhouse, hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service OCCUPATION BEAMER winds the warp on the roller before putting it on the loom in the textile industry OCCUPATION BEARER worked underground carrying the coal to the bottom of the pit shaft and placed it in the containers for uplifting to the surface OCCUPATION BEATAE MEMORIAE of blessed memory LATIN BEATEA MEMORIOE of blessed memory LATIN BEATER cleansed and thickened the cloth by treading it underwater with fullers earth; also fuller OCCUPATION BEAU-FILS stepson FRENCH BEAU-PERE father-in-law FRENCH BEAU-PERE stepfather FRENCH BEAVER made felt used in hat making OCCUPATION BECK baker OCCUPATION BECKER baker OCCUPATION BEDD the grave WELSH BEDD, BEDDROD grave WELSH BEDEL parish officer whose principle duty was to keep order and punish petty offenders; also was the town crier OCCUPATION BEDELL parish officer whose principle duty was to keep order and punish petty offenders; also was the town crier OCCUPATION BEDESMAN employed to pray for his employer; inhabitant of an almshouse, poorhouse, hospital or tenant employed by the manor for a specific service OCCUPATION BEDMAN sexton OCCUPATION BEDRAL in Scotland a minor church official OCCUPATION BEDWEVERE made the webbing for bed frames and also a one who wove quilts OCCUPATION BEDYDD baptism WELSH BEESKEPMAKER made beehives OCCUPATION BEETLER operated a beetling machine, used in the textile trade for embossing fabric OCCUPATION BEF OR < before ABBREVIATION BEGRABEN bury GERMAN BEGRAVEN bury DUTCH BEL Belgium PLACE-NAME BELHOSTE tavern keeper OCCUPATION BELL HANGER installed bells in churches OCCUPATION BELLE-FILLE stepdaughter FRENCH BELLE-MERE stepmother FRENCH BELLE-MERE mother-in-law FRENCH BELLEYETERE bell maker OCCUPATION BELLFOUNDER made bells OCCUPATION BELLMAN employed as a watchman or town crier or who worked for the post office and collected letters for the mail coach by walking the streets and ringing a bell OCCUPATION BELLOWFARMER responsible for the care and maintenance of the church organ OCCUPATION BELLOWS MAKER made bellows used for organs or blacksmiths fires OCCUPATION BELLY BUILDER built and fitted the interiors of pianos OCCUPATION BENDER cut leather OCCUPATION BENDS a condition resulting from the sudden reduction in atmospheric pressure; also caisson disease or decompression sickness MEDICAL BEQUEATH give, by will, one's personal property LEGAL BERCARIUS shepherd LATIN BERE a type of barley AGRICULTURE BERIBERI a nutritional disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1 MEDICAL BERYL ensures everlasting youth and happiness; birth stone for October (also see opal) SYMBOLS BESOM-MAKER broom maker OCCUPATION BESSWARDEN appointed by the parish to look after its animals OCCUPATION BET between ABBREVIATION BEVER beverage maker OCCUPATION BEW Berwick, SCT PLACE-NAME BIBLIOPEGUS bookbinder LATIN BIBLIOPOLA bookseller LATIN BIDDY female servant usually of Irish stock OCCUPATION BIG POX syphilis MEDICAL BIGG a type of barley AGRICULTURE BILIOUS COLIC tortuous pain in the belly MEDICAL BILIOUS FEVER term for any illnesses with vomiting, fever and sometimes jaundice MEDICAL BILIOUSNESS jaundice or other symptoms associated with liver disease MEDICAL BILL POSTER put up notices, signs and advertisements OCCUPATION BILLIER operated a billy roller, a machine used in the cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning OCCUPATION BILLITER made bells OCCUPATION BILLYMAN operated a billy roller, a machine used in the cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning OCCUPATION BINDER bound items, e.g., books, hats, etc OCCUPATION BIRD BOY employed to scare away birds from crops OCCUPATION BIRD CATCHER caught birds for selling OCCUPATION BIRDS NEST SELLER sold bird nests collected from the wild complete with eggs which were then hatched by domestic birds and sold as pets OCCUPATION BIRLYMAN in Scotland a ground officer or parish arbiter OCCUPATION BISKRA BUTTON Leishmaniasis MEDICAL BKM Buckinghamshire, ENG PLACE-NAME BL Basel-Landschaft, CH PLACE-NAME BLACK BORDERER made black edged stationery for funerals OCCUPATION BLACK DEATH bubonic plague MEDICAL BLACK FEVER Leishmaniasis MEDICAL BLACK JAUNDICE an extreme degree of jaundice with fever; also Wiel's Disease or Winckel's Disease MEDICAL BLACK LUNG disease from breathing coal dust MEDICAL BLACK PLAGUE Bubonic plague MEDICAL BLACK POX Black Small Pox MEDICAL BLACK TRAY MAKER made Japanned trays OCCUPATION BLACK VOMIT yellow fever MEDICAL BLACKING MAKER made polish for shoes OCCUPATION BLACKWATER FEVER sever form of malaria in which the urine contains so much blood it appears black MEDICAL BLADARIUS corn seller LATIN BLADDER IN THROAT diphtheria MEDICAL BLADESMITH swordmaker or knife maker OCCUPATION BLAIN a pustule or blister MEDICAL BLANCHISSEUR laundryman; dyer FRENCH BLANCHISSEURE laundress; dyer FRENCH BLASMITH blacksmith ABBREVIATION BLATTERN German term for smallpox or syphilis MEDICAL BLAXTER bleached cloth or paper pulp OCCUPATION BLEACHER bleached cloth or paper pulp OCCUPATION BLEMMERE plumber OCCUPATION BLENNORHAGIA gonorrhea MEDICAL BLENNORHEA a flow of mucus; gonorrhea MEDICAL BLENTONIST water diviner OCCUPATION BLINDSMAN employed by the Post Office to deal with incorrectly addressed letters and parcels OCCUPATION BLK SMITH blacksmith ABBREVIATION BLN Berlin, GER PLACE-NAME BLO Berlin, DDR PLACE-NAME BLOCK MAKER engraved the blocks used in the printing OCCUPATION BLOCK PRINTER printer who used wooden blocks for printing OCCUPATION BLOCKCUTTER made wooden blocks used in the hat trade or laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid OCCUPATION BLOCKER made wooden blocks used in the hat trade or laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid OCCUPATION BLOOD POISONING septicaemia MEDICAL BLOODLETTER used leeches for letting blood, this was thought to be a cure for many ailments OCCUPATION BLOODMAN used leeches for letting blood, this was thought to be a cure for many ailments OCCUPATION BLOODSTONE represents steadfast affection, courage and wisdom; birth stone for March (also see jasper) SYMBOLS BLOODY FLUX dysentery MEDICAL BLOODY SWEAT Sweating Sickness MEDICAL BLOOMER produced iron from ore, a bloom smithy OCCUPATION BLOWER glass blower; one who operated a "blowing machine" used to clean and separate fibers in the textile trade OCCUPATION BLOWFEEDER fed the fibers into a "blowing machine" OCCUPATION BLUE BABY a child born with a defect which prevents the blood from getting enough oxygen MEDICAL BLUE DISEASE cyanosis MEDICAL BLUESTOCKING female writer OCCUPATION BLUFFER innkeeper or landlord of a pub OCCUPATION BLW West-Berlin, BRD PLACE-NAME BLWYDDYN year WELSH BN Normandie (Basse), FRA PLACE-NAME BOARDING OFFICER inspected ships before entering port OCCUPATION BOARDMAN truant officer who checked school attendance; a tenant of manorial land who paid rent by maintaining the manor's table OCCUPATION BOARDWRIGHT made tables and chairs; also carpenter OCCUPATION BOATMAN worked on a boat, predominately on rivers and canals also the name given to a boat repairer OCCUPATION BOATSWAIN ship's officer in charge of riggings & sails OCCUPATION BOBBER who polished metals one who helped to unload fishing boats OCCUPATION BOBBIN CARRIER worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills OCCUPATION BOBBIN TURNER made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving industry OCCUPATION BOBBY policeman usually of constable rank OCCUPATION BODEYS made bodices for womens' garments OCCUPATION BODGER craftsman who made wooden chair legs and the spars, usually working in the actual woodland where the timber was cut OCCUPATION BODY MAKER made bodices for womens' garments OCCUPATION BOIL a deep red, tender, cone-shaped swelling from the infection of a hair follicle or skin glands by a variety of germs called staphylococci. MEDICAL BOILER PLATER made rolled iron plate used to make boilers for steam engines, etc OCCUPATION BOILERMAKER worked with metal in any industrial setting OCCUPATION BOLL looked after power looms in the weaving industry OCCUPATION BOLL in Scotland a measure of flour of 140 pounds or a measure of wheat of 14 stone 3 pounds; also bow WEIGHT BOLL a Scottish measure for grain, usually 6 imperial bushels; a Northern England measure of grain varying from 2 to 6 bushels; also bow MEASURE BOLTA-STANE a stone of about 16 pounds used by fishermen to sinking lines in deep water (SCT) WEIGHT BOLTER sifted meal OCCUPATION BOLTER escaped convict thus highwayman bushranger 1840 Australia OCCUPATION BOLTER woman who fails to turn up at the church on her wedding day BOND an obligation in writing under seal LEGAL BONDAGER a bonded female farm servant OCCUPATION BONDMAID a female slave OCCUPATION BONDMAN bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or trade OCCUPATION BONDSMAN stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law OCCUPATION BONE ACHE syphilis MEDICAL BONE BUTTON TURNER made buttons using a lathe OCCUPATION BONE LACE MAKER made pillow lace OCCUPATION BONE MOULD TURNER made the molds for button manufacturers OCCUPATION BONE PICKER collected rags and bones; also rag and bone man OCCUPATION BONE SHAVE sciatica or hip gout MEDICAL BONESETTER set broken bones OCCUPATION BONIFACE keeper of an inn OCCUPATION BONNES D'ENFANT nursemaid FRENCH BONNETIER hosier FRENCH BOOK GILDER decorated books with gold leaf OCCUPATION BOOK KEEPER looked after the accounts for businesses OCCUPATION BOOKHOLDER prompter in the theater OCCUPATION BOOKMAN student OCCUPATION BOONMASTER surveyor of roads with the responsibilities of maintaining and repairing the road OCCUPATION BOOT CATCHER servant at inn who pulled off traveler's boots OCCUPATION BOOT CLOSER worked in the shoe trade stitching together all the parts of a shoe upper OCCUPATION BOOTBINDER employed to operate the machines which bound footwear OCCUPATION BOOTHMAN corn merchant OCCUPATION BORDARIUS tenant LATIN BOREALIS north, northern LATIN BORLER who made cheap coarse clothing OCCUPATION BORN UNDER THE VEIL a late 19th century expression for a birth that occurred shortly after the wedding ceremony GENEALOGY BORSHOLDER regional name (Kent) for a constable OCCUPATION BOSTIO cattle driver LATIN BOTCHER tailor or cobbler OCCUPATION BOTTILER made leather containers for holding liquids eg wine flasks or water bottles OCCUPATION BOTTLE BOY pharmacists assistant OCCUPATION BOTTLER made leather containers for holding liquids eg wine flasks or water bottles OCCUPATION BOTTOM KNOCKER sagger makers assistant in the pottery industry OCCUPATION BOTTOM MAKER molded the bottoms for saggers in the pottery industry OCCUPATION BOTTOMER worked down the pits moving the ore, etc to the bottom of the shaft for removal OCCUPATION BOUCHER butcher FRENCH BOULANGER baker FRENCH BOUQUET FEVER dengue MEDICAL BOURGEOIS gentleman of private means FRENCH BOUTIQUIER shopkeeper FRENCH BOVATE originally the land that could be ploughed in one day - later as much land as an ox could plough in a year, generally 15 to 20 acres; also oxgang or in Scotland oxgate or oxengate MEASURE BOUVIER drover FRENCH BOW a Scottish measure for grain, usually 6 imperial bushels; a Northern England measure of grain varying from 2 to 6 bushels; also boll MEASURE BOW in Scotland a measure of flour of 140 pounds or a measure of wheat of 14 stone 3 pounds; also boll WEIGHT BOWDLER worked with iron ore OCCUPATION BOWEL HIVE a pink or white, itchy mark on the surface of the skin MEDICAL BOWER maker of bows & arrows OCCUPATION BOWKER bleached yarn; a local term in some parts of Lancashire for a butcher OCCUPATION BOWLER made bowls and dishes and also a term used for those who made the rounded part of spoons before casting OCCUPATION BOWLMAN dealer in crockery OCCUPATION BOWLMINDER in charge of the vats used for washing raw wool before processing OCCUPATION BOWLWOMAN dealer in crockery OCCUPATION BOWYER maker of bows & arrows OCCUPATION BOZZLER parish constable OCCUPATION BP baptized ABBREVIATION BR Brethren (in Christ) ABBREVIATION BR/O brother of ABBREVIATION BRA Brandenburg, GER PLACE-NAME BRABENER weaver OCCUPATION BRACHYGRAPHER shorthand writer OCCUPATION BRADYCARDIA an abnormally slow heart action MEDICAL BRAIDER made cord by twisting threads or strips of leather OCCUPATION BRAILLER made girdles OCCUPATION BRAIN FEVER meningitis MEDICAL BRAKEMAN operated the winch at the pit head or operated the braking mechanism on trains and trams OCCUPATION BRAKESMAN operated the winch at the pit head or operated the braking mechanism on trains and trams OCCUPATION BRASIATOR brewer, maltster LATIN BRASILER dyer OCCUPATION BRASSEUR brewer FRENCH BRASSFOUNDERS AGUE an illness caused by poisoning from the fumes produced during the production of metals MEDICAL BRAWD brother WELSH BRAZIER brass worker OCCUPATION BRD West Germany PLACE-NAME BRE Brecknockshire, WLS PLACE-NAME BREAKBONE FEVER an infectious tropical disease marked by severe pains in bones, head, eyeballs and joints; also Dengue Fever MEDICAL BREWSTER a female brewer OCCUPATION BRG Bourgogne, FRA PLACE-NAME BRIGHT'S DISEASE a term including several forms of acute & chronic kidney diseases - usually associated with albumen in the urine. MEDICAL BRIGHTSMITH metal worker OCCUPATION BRILL'S DISEASE typhus MEDICAL BRIQUETIER brick maker FRENCH BRK Berkshire, ENG PLACE-NAME BRM Bremen, BRD PLACE-NAME BRODERER embroiderer OCCUPATION BROE brother DUTCH BROIDERER embroiderer OCCUPATION BROMIDISM a condition caused by an over indulgence of potassium bromide MEDICAL BROMIDROSIS offensive perspiration MEDICAL BRONCHIAL CATARRH bronchitis MEDICAL BRONCHIECTASIS dilation of the bronchial tubes with a chronic cough and spitting up of large amounts of foul sputum; foetid bronchitis MEDICAL BRONCHITIS an inflammation of the lining membrane of the bronchi or bronchia MEDICAL BRONCHORRHEA a bronchial flu MEDICAL BRONZE JOHN yellow fever MEDICAL BROOM DASHER broom dealer OCCUPATION BROOM SQUIRE broom maker OCCUPATION BROSSIER broom maker; brush maker FRENCH BROTHERER embroiderer OCCUPATION BROW GIRL female employed at the pit head OCCUPATION BROWDERER embroiderer OCCUPATION BROWN TAIL RASH irritating, itching skin rash caused by shedded hairs of the gypsy moth lodging in the skin pores MEDICAL BROWNSMITH works with copper or brass OCCUPATION BRS Belarus (Belorussia) PLACE-NAME BRT Bretagne, FRA PLACE-NAME BRU daughter-in-law FRENCH BRUCELLOSIS an infectious bacterial disease transmitted to humans by domestic animals; causes weakness, fatigue and exhaustion; also Malta Fever or Undulant Fever MEDICAL BRUDER brother GERMAN BRÛLEUR DE COKE coke burner FRENCH BRZ Brazil PLACE-NAME BS Basal-Stadt, CH PLACE-NAME BSW Braunschweig (Brunswick), GER PLACE-NAME BU FARW who died WELSH BUBO a tumour or abscess, with inflammation, in glandular parts of the body, such as the groin or armpit MEDICAL BUBONIC PLAGUE a disease, spread by flea bites, characterized by high fever, headaches and the formation of swellings (buboes) in lymphatic glands MEDICAL BÛCHERON woodcutter FRENCH BUCHT in Shetland a measure of fishing lines equal to 55 fathoms (330 feet) MEASURE BUCK WASHER laundress OCCUPATION BUCKLE TONGUE MAKER made the metal points that go in the holes of a belt OCCUPATION BUCKLER made buckles OCCUPATION BUCKLESMITH made buckles OCCUPATION BUCKRAM MAKER worked with buckram (used in stiffening materials) e.g. belts, lapels and collars OCCUPATION BUDDLEBOY employed to use and maintain the vats used in the lead and tin mines for washing the ore OCCUPATION BUDDLER women and children who washed the ore at the copper mines in Allihies, Berehaven OCCUPATION BUFFALO SOLDIER soldier serving in a black regiment in the US Army in the West OCCUPATION BULE boil, tumour or swelling MEDICAL BULE BOIL boil, tumour or swelling MEDICAL BULIMIA excessive appetite MEDICAL BULLWHACKER oxen driver OCCUPATION BUMBOAT MAN met ships at anchor with goods for passengers and crew to purchase OCCUPATION BUMMAREE middle man between the wholesaler and the retailer at the fish markets OCCUPATION BUMMER army deserter OCCUPATION BUNTER female rag & bone collector OCCUPATION BUR buried ABBREVIATION BUR Burgenland, OES PLACE-NAME BURGESS represented a borough at official levels OCCUPATION BURGH a corporate town; Scottish term corresponding to the English term borough GENEALOGY BURGOMASTER the chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders and Germany nearly corresponding to mayor OCCUPATION BURGRAVE in some European countries an hereditary governor of a town or castle TITLE BURLER quality inspector for clothing OCCUPATION BURMAIDEN chambermaid or lady OCCUPATION BURNEMAN carrier of barm or water for brewers OCCUPATION BURRIARIUS dairyman LATIN BURSITIS an inflammation of a bursa (a sac situated at a joint and containing synovial fluid) which makes movement painful MEDICAL BURYE MAN grave digger OCCUPATION BUSHEL MAKER cooper OCCUPATION BUSHELER tailor's helper OCCUPATION BUSKER hair dresser OCCUPATION BUSS MAKER maker of guns OCCUPATION BUT Bute, SCT PLACE-NAME BUTLER in aristocracy, arranged for the serving of the King's wine OCCUPATION BUTNER button maker OCCUPATION BUTT a large cask; a measure of 126 gallons of wine (2 hogsheads) or 108 gallons of beer; an irregular shaped piece of land MEASURE BUTTER CARVER made imprints in butter pats OCCUPATION BUTTON BURNISHER button polisher OCCUPATION BUTTY negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labor OCCUPATION BWM British Wesleyan Methodist ABBREVIATION |
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