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Genealogical terms starting with 'B'

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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