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F father ABBREVIATION F farmer ABBREVIATION F LAB farm labourer ABBREVIATION F/O father of ABBREVIATION FA father ABBREVIATION FABER smith, worker LATIN FABER artisan or workman OCCUPATION FABER AERARIUM coppersmith LATIN FABER AERARIUS tinker LATIN FABER ARGENTARIUS silversmith LATIN FABER AURANTARIUS goldsmith LATIN FABER CLAVARUM locksmith, keysmith LATIN FABER FERRARIUS blacksmith LATIN FABER LIGNARIUS joiner, carpenter LATIN FABER ROTARIUS wheelwright LATIN FABER SUAE FORTUNAE a self-made man LATIN FABRICANT manufacturer FRENCH FABRICANT D'INSTRUMENTS musical instrument maker FRENCH FABRICANT D'INSTRUMENT DE MUSIQUE musical instrument maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE BEURRE butter maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE BIJOUX jewelry maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE BÔITES paper box maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE BOUILLOIRES boiler builder FRENCH FABRICANT DE BOUTON button maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CARTOUCHES cartridge maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CASQUETTE cap maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CHANDELLE candle maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CHAPEAUX hat maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CHASSIS blind maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CHAUSSURE shoemaker FRENCH FABRICANT DE CHEMISE shirt manufacturer FRENCH FABRICANT DE CIMENT cement maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE COLLETS collar manufacturer FRENCH FABRICANT DE CORSET corset maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE FROMAGE cheese maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE GANTS glove maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE HORLOGE clockmaker FRENCH FABRICANT DE HORLOGER watchmaker FRENCH FABRICANT DE LIME file cutter FRENCH FABRICANT DE MUSIQUE musical instrument maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE PAPIER ET PÂTE POUR PAPIER pulp and paper maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE PAS knitted goods maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE PIANOS piano maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE PORTES door maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE PORCELAINE china maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE POTERIE potter FRENCH FABRICANT DE POUDRE gunpowder maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE SACS EN PAPIER bag maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE SAVON soap maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE SCIES saw cutter FRENCH FABRICANT DE TABAC tobacco worker FRENCH FABRICANT DE TRICOTS hosiery maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE TUILES tile maker FRENCH FABRICANT DE VERRERIE glass maker FRENCH FABRICATOR maker OCCUPATION FABRIFER blacksmith, ironworker LATIN FACTOR agent, commission merchant; go-between; in Scotland a steward or bailiff of an estate OCCUPATION FADWELL a weight or quantity of lead equal to 70 pounds WEIGHT FAGETTER made up faggots into bundles, seller of firewood OCCUPATION FAINTING FITS epilepsy MEDICAL FAISEUR DE BÔITES box maker FRENCH FAISEUR DE BRODERIE embroidery maker FRENCH FAISEUR DE DENTELLE lace maker FRENCH FAISEUR DE ROUE wheelwright FRENCH FAKER photographic assistant who added color to photographs by hand before color film was available OCCUPATION FALCONER breeds, trains or hunts with hawks OCCUPATION FALL a unit of Scottish land measurement of 6 ELLS square (960 falls in an acre) MEASURE FALLING BOWELS hemorrhoids MEDICAL FALLING EVIL epilepsy MEDICAL FALLING SICKNESS epilepsy MEDICAL FALSE MEASLES roseola or rose-rash MEDICAL FAMILIA family LATIN FAMULA female servant LATIN FAMULUS serf, male servant LATIN FANCIULLA child (female); girl ITALIAN FANCIULLO child (male); boy ITALIAN FANCY MAN pimp OCCUPATION FANCY PEARL WORKER worked with mother-of-pearl to make buttons or fancy goods OCCUPATION FANCY WOMAN prostitute OCCUPATION FANNER grain winnower OCCUPATION FANWRIGHT maker and repairer of fans or winnowing baskets OCCUPATION FARANDMAN a stranger or traveller, especially a travelling merchant OCCUPATION FARM Farmer ABBREVIATION FARMER often descendant of the gentry and, ultimately, noble classes; usually having servants and farm workers, e.g., husbandmen, groomsmen, etc OCCUPATION FARRIER horse doctor or one in charge of horses; shoer of horses OCCUPATION FARROUR horse doctor or one in charge of horses; shoer of horses OCCUPATION FAT a measure of sea coal of 36 bushels; also vat MEASURE FATHOM measure of length of 6 feet MEASURE FATTY LIVER cirrhosis of the liver MEDICAL FATUITY weakness or imbecility of the mind; feebleness of the intellect MEDICAL FAVETE LINGUIS keep silence LATIN FAVUS an infection of the skin and hair follicles by a parasitic fungus called achoion schonleinii MEDICAL FAWKNER trainer of falcons OCCUPATION FC Franche-Comte, FRA PLACE-NAME FEAR NOTHING MAKER weaver of a special kind of thick woolen cloth (fear-nought) that was used to make protective clothing or lining for portholes, walls and doors of powder magazines on ships OCCUPATION FEASANCE a doing; a performing or performance; the making of something LEGAL FEATHER BEATER cleanser of feathers OCCUPATION FEATHER DRESSER cleaned and prepared feathers for sale OCCUPATION FEATHER DRIVER cleanser of feathers OCCUPATION FEATHER WIFE woman who prepared feathers for use OCCUPATION FEATHERMAN dealer in feathers and plumes OCCUPATION FEBBRAIO February ITALIAN FEBRERO February SPANISH FEBRILE CATARRH influenza MEDICAL FEBRUAR February NORWEGIAN FEBRUAR, FEBER February GERMAN FEBRUARI February DUTCH FEBRUARIUS February LATIN FECIT made it; executed it LATIN FEE SIMPLE an estate limited absolutely to a person & heirs without limitation or conditions. The highest form of land ownership. LEGAL FEEDER herdsman OCCUPATION FELL a term denoting any large amount in Roxburghshire, SCT MEASURE FELL MONGER remover of hair or wool from hides in leather making OCCUPATION FELLER woodcutter OCCUPATION FELO DE SE suicide LATIN FELTER worker in the hatting industry OCCUPATION FEMINA woman LATIN FEMME wife FRENCH FENCE VIEWER inspector of farm fences OCCUPATION FENCIBLE a soldier for defense of the country against invasion and not likely to serve abroad MILITARY FENIAN a secret society whose principal aim was the setting up of Ireland into an independent republic HISTORIC FEODARIUS feudal tenant LATIN FEODARTOR feudal tenant; vassal LATIN FEODUM fief; fee LATIN FER Fermanagh, IRL PLACE-NAME FERBLANTIER tinsmith FRENCH FERN a plant that represents fascination SYMBOLS FERONER ironmonger OCCUPATION FERRETER dealer in or manufacturer of ferret, ie. silk tape OCCUPATION FERRIFABER blacksmith, ironworker LATIN FETTLER cleaned the machinery in woolen mills; sharpened the fustian cutters knives; needlemaker who filed the needle to a point OCCUPATION FEU in Scotland a piece of ground (usually small) granted by a superior in perpetuity for an annual payment (feu-duty) and certain other burdens SCOTLAND FEUAR one who holds a feu SCOTLAND FEUD a landed estate held under feudal tenure; fief LEGAL FEUDAL SYSTEM a social, political and economic in which vassels were granted land holdings in return for military services or other duties LEGAL FEVER blacksmith OCCUPATION FEVEREIRO February PORTUGUESE FEVRIER February FRENCH FEWSTER maker of saddletrees OCCUPATION FEWTERER keeper of hounds, for hunting or coursing OCCUPATION FF On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = full fees LEGAL FFO Frankfurt, DDR PLACE-NAME FG On Ontario Land Record Index; transaction type; = free grant LEGAL FIBRINOUS ANGINA sore throat resembling diphtheria but not fatal MEDICAL FIBROMA a benign tumour consisting mostly of fibrous tissue MEDICAL FIDDER a cart load containing 128 stone (1872 pounds) of lead (SCT) WEIGHT FIDDLER a Scottish measure for lead containing 126 stone (1854 pounds) WEIGHT FIDEI DEFENSOR defender of the faith LATIN FIDEJUSSOR godparent LATIN FIEF a landed estate held under feudal tenure; feud LEGAL FIF Fife, SCT PLACE-NAME FIGLIA daughter ITALIAN FIGLIASTRA stepdaughter ITALIAN FIGLIASTRO stepson ITALIAN FIGLIO son ITALIAN FIGLIUOLA daughter ITALIAN FIGLIUOLO son ITALIAN FIGULUS potter LATIN FILATRIX a spinster LATIN FIL DE CULTIVATEUR farmer's son FRENCH FILHA daughter PORTUGUESE FILHO son PORTUGUESE FILIA daughter LATIN FILIA POPULAE illegitimate daughter LATIN FILIA SORORIS niece, sister's daughter LATIN FILIA UNICA sole daughter LATIN FILIAE daughter LATIN FILIASTER stepson; son-in-law; nephew; sister's son LATIN FILIASTRA stepdaughter; daughter-in-law; niece; sister's daughter LATIN FILIBUSTER American mercenaries in South America; gun runners OCCUPATION FILIOLA goddaughter LATIN FILIOLA small daughter of LATIN FILIOLUS godson LATIN FILIOLUS small son of LATIN FILIUS son LATIN FILIUS ET HAERES son and heir LATIN FILIUS FRATRIS brother's son, nephew LATIN FILIUS NATURALIS natural born son; in wills, son by blood LATIN FILIUS NULLIUS a son of nobody LATIN FILIUS POPULI illegitimate son LATIN FILIUS TERRAE a son of the soil LATIN FILIUS TERROE a son of the earth; one of low birth LATIN FILLE daughter FRENCH FILLE DE JOIE prostitute FRENCH FILLER filled bobbins in mills OCCUPATION FILS son FRENCH FIN Finland PLACE-NAME FINE DRAWER employed in tailoring to repair tears in the cloth (invisible mending) OCCUPATION FINISHER operated machine giving final touches to a manufactured article in various trades OCCUPATION FIREBEATER tended the boilers that powered the machinery in a cotton mill OCCUPATION FIREMAN inspected for, and removed explosive gasses underground in mining; stoked the boilers on ships and locomotives OCCUPATION FIRKIN a liquid measure: for ale 8 gallons; for beer 9 gallons; also a weight for butter (56 pounds) MEASURE FIRKIN a weight for butter of 56 pounds; also a liquid measure: for ale 8 gallons; for beer 9 gallons WEIGHT FIRLOT a Scottish corn measure equal to 1/4 boll MEASURE FIRST HAND silk weaver who had his own loom (an outworker) OCCUPATION FISCERE fisherman LATIN FISH FAG female fish monger OCCUPATION FISHDRYVER victualler OCCUPATION FISHER victualler OCCUPATION FISTULA a channel excavated between an internal part and the skin surface, showing no tendency to heal, and generally arising from an abscess MEDICAL FIT convulsion MEDICAL FITS convulsions MEDICAL FITTER coal broker OCCUPATION FK Free Kirk; Free Presbyterian ABBREVIATION FL Florida, USA PLACE-NAME FL Farm labourer ABBREVIATION FLAGON the Scottish flagon contained 26200 English troy grains of water MEASURE FLASHER specialist process worker in the glass industry OCCUPATION FLATMAN navigated a flat broad boat or barge OCCUPATION FLATULENT COLIC distressing pain in the bowels; also wind colic or interalgia MEDICAL FLAUNER confectioner OCCUPATION FLAX DRESSER worker of flax fibers OCCUPATION FLE Flevoland, NL PLACE-NAME FLESHER butcher OCCUPATION FLESHER butcher or one who worked in a tannery OCCUPATION FLESHEWER butcher OCCUPATION FLESHMONGER butcher or one who worked in a tannery OCCUPATION FLETCHER bows and arrow maker OCCUPATION FLEURISTE florist FRENCH FLI Liechtenstein PLACE-NAME FLN Flintshire, WLS PLACE-NAME FLOATER vagrant OCCUPATION FLOATMAN navigated a flat broad boat or barge OCCUPATION FLUGELMAN a soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of soldiers as an example or model to the others in their exercises; also fugleman MILITARY FLUSHERMAN who cleaned out water mains OCCUPATION FLUX an extraordinary evacuation from the bowels or other parts; also dysentery MEDICAL FLUX OF HUMOR difficulties with circulation of the blood MEDICAL FLYCOACHMAN driver of one OCCUPATION FLYING STATIONER street broadsheet seller OCCUPATION FLYMAN driver of a light vehicle hired out for carriage of passenger or theater stage hand OCCUPATION FOCAL INFECTION a term applied to persistent infection which manifests its results elsewhere MEDICAL FOEMINA woman LATIN FOETID BRONCHITIS dilation of the bronchial tubes with a chronic cough and spitting up of large amounts of foul sputum; bronchiectasis MEDICAL FOGGER a low-class lawyer - see pettifogger; a petty chapman carrying goods from town to town; an agriculture worker who feeds cattle; a middleman in the nail and chain trade OCCUPATION FOGLER keeper or catcher of birds OCCUPATION FOISTER joiner OCCUPATION FOISTERER joiner OCCUPATION FONDEUR foundryman FRENCH FOOT originally the length of a man's foot but standardized to 12 inches; a Scottish foot is slightly smaller than an English foot (185 English feet = 186 Scottish feet) MEASURE FOOT MAIDEN female servant OCCUPATION FOOT MAN servant who ran errands OCCUPATION FOOT PAD robber OCCUPATION FOOT POST letter carrier or messenger who travelled on foot OCCUPATION FOOT STRAIGHTENER one who assembled watch and clock dials in watchmaking OCCUPATION FORESTER game warden or forest ranger OCCUPATION FORESTIER lumberman FRENCH FOREUR driller or borer FRENCH FORGEMAN blacksmith OCCUPATION FORGER blacksmith, worker at a forge OCCUPATION FORGERON blacksmith FRENCH FORGET-ME-NOT a flower that represents friendship and fidelity SYMBOLS FORNICATION illicit sexual intercourse other than adultery, as between unmarried persons LEGAL FORPET a fourth part of a peck; also lippie or stimpart MEASURE FOSSETMAKER who made faucets for ale OCCUPATION FOTHERGILL'S DISEASE scarlatina MEDICAL FOU a firlot or bushel in southern Scotland MEASURE FOURNIER'S DISEASE gangrene MEDICAL FOWER street cleaner, sweeper OCCUPATION FOWLER keeper or catcher of birds OCCUPATION FP Free Presbyterian ABBREVIATION FR Freiburg, CH PLACE-NAME FR Friends (Quakers) ABBREVIATION FRA France PLACE-NAME FRAME SPINNER worker on a loom OCCUPATION FRAMER one who frames houses OCCUPATION FRAMEWORKER KNITTER operator of machine which made hosiery OCCUPATION FRANKLIN an English freeholder in the 14th & 15th century LEGAL FRATELLO brother ITALIAN FRATER brother LATIN FRATER CONSANGUINEUS step brother with the same father LATIN FRATER GERMANUS full brother LATIN FRATER UTERINUS step brother with the same mother LATIN FRATRIAGIUM a younger brother's inheritance LATIN FRAU wife GERMAN FREDAG Friday NORWEGIAN FREEDMAN one released from slavery OCCUPATION FREEHOLD an estate in real property, held either in fee simple, fee tail or for life LEGAL FREEMASON stonecutter OCCUPATION FREITAG Friday GERMAN FRENCH DISEASE syphilis MEDICAL FRENCH POX syphilis MEDICAL FRENCH SICKNESS syphilis MEDICAL FRERE brother FRENCH FRÈRES DES ECOLES CHRÉTIENNE Christian brother FRENCH FRESER maker of frieze (a course woolen cloth with a shaggy nap on one side); a rough plaster OCCUPATION FRESHWATER MAN sailed boat on fresh water only or in the coastal trade OCCUPATION FRG Federal Republic of Germany - see BRD & GER PLACE-NAME FRI Friesland, NL PLACE-NAME FRIEND member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker RELIGION FRIPPERER buyer & seller of old clothes OCCUPATION FRISEUR hair dresser OCCUPATION FRM LAB farm labourer ABBREVIATION FROBISHER armour polisher OCCUPATION FRUITERER fruit seller OCCUPATION FRUITIER fruiterer FRENCH FRUITESTERE female fruit seller OCCUPATION FT Free Thinker (of England) ABBREVIATION FUCHSIA, SCARLET a flower that represents taste SYMBOLS FUGLEMAN a soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of soldiers as an example or model to the others in their exercises; also flugelman MILITARY FUGLER keeper or catcher of birds OCCUPATION FUIT he, she or it was LATIN FULKER pawnbroker OCCUPATION FULLER worker who shrinks & thickens cloth fibers through wetting & beating the material OCCUPATION FUMARIUS baker LATIN FUMISTE furnace maker FRENCH FUNAMBULIST tightrope walker OCCUPATION FUNERIUS rope maker LATIN FUNF five GERMAN FUR thief LATIN FURBISHER armor polisher OCCUPATION FURLONG a measure of length, being one eighth of a mile; 40 rods MEASURE FURNER baker in charge of the ovens OCCUPATION FURRIER seller or maker of furs OCCUPATION FURUNCLE boil MEDICAL FUSTIAN WEAVER maker of corduroy OCCUPATION FUTHIR a measure containing 120 stones (1680 pounds) WEIGHT FW Free Will Baptist; Free Christian ABBREVIATION FWK frame-work knitter OCCUPATION |
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