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G MERCHANT general merchant ABBREVIATION G T Grand Trunk Railway ABBREVIATION GA Georgia, USA PLACE-NAME GABELER tax collector OCCUPATION GAC Galicia, OES PLACE-NAME GAFFER foreman of a work crew OCCUPATION GAFFMAN a bailiff OCCUPATION GAGER tax collector of liquor taxes OCCUPATION GAL Galway, IRL PLACE-NAME GALLON an English gallon = 4.546 liters; a Scottish gallon = 13.21 liters MEASURE GALLOPING CONSUMPTION pulmonary tuberculosis MEDICAL GALVANISER iron worker who handled process of coating metal with zinc, to inhibit formation of rust OCCUPATION GALVANOPLASTIE electroplater FRENCH GAMESTER gambler or prostitute OCCUPATION GANG BOSS one who superintends a gang of labourers OCCUPATION GANGER overseer or foreman from 1850 onwards OCCUPATION GANGLION a cystlike swelling formed in connection with a joint or the sheath of a tendon MEDICAL GANGRENE the death and degeneration of tissue brought about by interference with its blood supply and a subsequent invasion by saprophytic organisms MEDICAL GANGSMAN foreman OCCUPATION GANNEKER tavern keeper OCCUPATION GANTIER glover FRENCH GANWYD born WELSH GAOL FEVER typhus MEDICAL GAOLER jailer OCCUPATION GARCIO boy servant LATIN GARÇON DE COMPTOIR bartender FRENCH GARDE-MALADE nurse; hospital attendant FRENCH GARDIEN keeper; guard FRENCH GARDIEN DÈSTACADE boom keeper FRENCH GARDIEN DE TROUPEAUX stock herder FRENCH GARNET represents constancy and fidelity; birth stone for January SYMBOLS GAROTILLO diphtheria MEDICAL GARROTILLO diphtheria MEDICAL GARTHMAN owner or worker of a fish trap; a yardsman or herdsman OCCUPATION GAS MANAGER foreman position in charge of checking for poisonous gas in coal mine shafts OCCUPATION GASTRIC FEVER typhoid fever MEDICAL GASTROENTERITIS inflammation of the stomach and intestines MEDICAL GATER watchman OCCUPATION GATHERER glassworker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the blower OCCUPATION GATHERERS BOY held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat OCCUPATION GATHERING a collection of pus; an abscess MEDICAL GATTIN wife GERMAN GATWARD goat keeper OCCUPATION GAUGER customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty OCCUPATION GAUNTER glover OCCUPATION GAVELKIND an old land tenure in England, still prevailing in Kent, by which land descends to all the sons in equal shares GENEALOGY GAVELLER userer and in the Forest of Dean, an officer for the Crown who granted gales or the right to work a mine; in Suffolk a harvest worker, usually female OCCUPATION GB Regular Baptist; see also RB ABBREVIATION GDR German Democratic Republic - see DDR & GER PLACE-NAME GE Genf, CH PLACE-NAME GEBOREN born DUTCH GEBOREN born GERMAN GEL Gelderland, NL PLACE-NAME GELDER castrator of animals, especially horses OCCUPATION GEMELLI twins LATIN GEMINI twins LATIN GEMINUS twin LATIN GENDRE son-in-law FRENCH GENEDIGOL born WELSH GENER son-in-law LATIN GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE syphilis of the brain leading to dementia MEDICAL GENERATO born ITALIAN GENERO son-in-law ITALIAN GENEROSA lady; a gentlewoman LATIN GENEROSUS gentleman LATIN GENITORES parents LATIN GENNAIO January ITALIAN GENOR son-in-law LATIN GENRO son-in-law PORTUGUESE GENT normally used only for persons who were entitled to bear heraldic arms TITLE GENTL gentleman ABBREVIATION GENTLEMAN a man or good birth and social position GENEALOGY GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD a highwayman OCCUPATION GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN a valet OCCUPATION GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS one of 40 gentlemen who attend the sovereign on various state and solemn occasions GENEALOGY GEOMETER one skilled in geometry OCCUPATION GER Germany PLACE-NAME GERANIUM, ROSE a flower that represents preference SYMBOLS GERANIUM, SCARLET a flower that represents consolation SYMBOLS GÉRANT manager FRENCH GERMAN SICKNESS syphilis MEDICAL GERMANA full sister LATIN GERMANUS full brother LATIN GERUND GRINDER instructor of Latin OCCUPATION GHE Ghzm.Hessen (Gr.Dukedom Hesse), GER PLACE-NAME GILDER applies gold leaf OCCUPATION GILL an English gill = 0.148 liters; a Scottish gill = 0.103 liters MEASURE GIMLER machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card OCCUPATION GINEER joiner OCCUPATION GINGIVITIS inflammation of the gums MEDICAL GINOUR engineer OCCUPATION GIORNO day ITALIAN GIOVEDI Thursday ITALIAN GIRDLER leather worker who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army OCCUPATION GIUGNO June ITALIAN GL Glarus, CH PLACE-NAME GLA Glamorgan, WLS PLACE-NAME GLANDULAR FEVER mononucleosis MEDICAL GLASS COACHMAN driver of two OCCUPATION GLAUCOMA a disease of the eye marked by great increase of pressure within the eyeball MEDICAL GLAZIER glass cutter or window glassman OCCUPATION GLEBE a portion of land attached to a church as part of its endowment LEGAL GLEET a discharge from the urethra, an effect of gonorrhea MEDICAL GLIMMER MAN in Dublin, the man who would turn out (or down) the gas streetlights OCCUPATION GLORIA PATRI glory be to the father LATIN GLOS sister-in-law LATIN GLOVER dealer or maker of gloves OCCUPATION GLS Gloucestershire, ENG PLACE-NAME GNOTA illegitimate female LATIN GNOTHUS illegitimate LATIN GNOTUS illegitimate male LATIN GNR Grand National Railway ABBREVIATION GOALER jailer OCCUPATION GOAT CARRIAGE MAN driver of small passenger carriage OCCUPATION GOBAR jobber OCCUPATION GOITER swelling of the thyroid gland at the front of the neck MEDICAL GOLDENROD a plant that represents caution SYMBOLS GOLDSMITH maker of gold articles; banker OCCUPATION GONORRHEA a veneral disease caused by the gonococcus neisseria gonorrhoeae causing inflammation of the urinary tract MEDICAL GOODS various meanings: may include all personal property or be restricted: or inanimate objects but not animals or chattels real LEGAL GOOSE HERD tends geese OCCUPATION GOPIN the fill of two hands cupped together; also gowpin MEASURE GORFFENAF July WELSH GORPHENAF July WELSH GORWEDDLE the resting place WELSH GORZEMAN seller of gorse or broom OCCUPATION GOUT disease characterized by painful swelling in small joints MEDICAL GOWNSMAN one whose professional dress is a gown (eg. judge, professor) OCCUPATION GOWPIN the fill of two hands cupped together; also gopin MEASURE GP grandparent ABBREVIATION GR Greece PLACE-NAME GR Graubunden, CH PLACE-NAME GRA Gera, DDR PLACE-NAME GRA SCH TEACH grade or grammar school teacher ABBREVIATION GRAB grave GERMAN GRACE WIFE midwife OCCUPATION GRAF grave DUTCH GRAFFER notary or scrivener OCCUPATION GRAINER painted wood to make it look like great and exotic woods OCCUPATION GRAND MAL a form of epilepsy marked by convulsive seisure and after-symptoms MEDICAL GRAND-MERE grandmother FRENCH GRAND-PERE grandfather FRENCH GRANDE great SPANISH GRANDE great ITALIAN GRANDE great PORTUGUESE GRANDE VEROLE syphilis MEDICAL GRANGER farmer OCCUPATION GRANT transfer of realty or personality by deed or writing LEGAL GRANTEE person who receives the transferred property LEGAL GRANTOR person who transfers by deed or writing LEGAL GRAVEL small stones in the kidney or bladder MEDICAL GRAVER carver or sculptor, engraver of images or dockside worker who cleaned ship bottoms by burning and tarring OCCUPATION GRAVEUR engraver FRENCH GRAZIER pastures and raises cattle OCCUPATION GREAT MORTALITY bubonic plague MEDICAL GREAT PESTILENCE bubonic plague MEDICAL GREAT POX syphilis MEDICAL GREAVE bailiff, foreman or sheriff OCCUPATION GRECHER grocer OCCUPATION GREEN FEVER anemia MEDICAL GREEN GROCER fruit and vegetable seller OCCUPATION GREEN SICKNESS anemia; also chlorosis MEDICAL GREENSMITH worker in copper or latten OCCUPATION GRÉEUR rigger FRENCH GREGARIUS drover, cattleman LATIN GRIEVE bailiff, foreman or sheriff OCCUPATION GRIMBRIBBER lawyer OCCUPATION GRINDER'S DISEASE silicosis MEDICAL GRIP influenza MEDICAL GRIPE influenza MEDICAL GRIPING IN THE GUTS dysentery MEDICAL GRIPPE influenza MEDICAL GRO Gromingen, NL PLACE-NAME GROB great GERMAN GROBMUTTER grandmother GERMAN GROBVATER grandfather GERMAN GROCER'S ITCH skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour MEDICAL GROOT great DUTCH GROOTMOEDER grandmother DUTCH GROOTVADER grandfather DUTCH GROOVER miner OCCUPATION GROSSO great ITALIAN GROUNDSEL & CHICKWEED SELLER streetseller of common weeds, used to feed pet songbirds OCCUPATION GSY Guernsey, CHI PLACE-NAME GTR Grand Trunk Railway ABBREVIATION GUA Guatemala PLACE-NAME GUARANTEE to pledge one's self for; to become bound that an article shall be as good or useful as it is represented LEGAL GUARANTY to pledge one's self for; to become bound that an article shall be as good or useful as it is represented LEGAL GUARDIANS guardian, warden, churchwarden LATIN GUINEA PIG an unattached or roving person whose fee for labour was usually a guinea OCCUPATION GUMMER one who improved old saws by deepening the cuts OCCUPATION GWAUDD daughter-in-law WELSH GWEDDW widower WELSH GWEDDW widow WELSH GWENER Friday WELSH GWIDMAN widower WELSH GWIDW widow WELSH GWR husband, widower WELSH GWR Great Western Railway ABBREVIATION GWRAIG wife WELSH GYNT O formerly of WELSH GYP college servant especially one attending undergraduates OCCUPATION |
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