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Genealogical terms starting with 'K'

K killed ABBREVIATION

KA killed in action ABBREVIATION

KAFFIR POX alastrim MEDICAL

KAKKE beriberi MEDICAL

KALA AZAR Leishmaniasis MEDICAL

KANDAHAR SORE Leishmaniasis MEDICAL

KAR Kamten (Carinthia), OES PLACE-NAME

KB Close Communion Baptist ABBREVIATION

KCD Kincardine, SCT PLACE-NAME

KEDGER fisherman OCCUPATION

KEEKER colliery official who checked quantity and quality of coal output or weighman OCCUPATION

KEELER bargeman (from keel, a flat bottomed boat) OCCUPATION

KEELMAN bargeman (from keel, a flat bottomed boat) OCCUPATION

KEMPSTER comber of wool (usually women) OCCUPATION

KEN Kent, ENG PLACE-NAME

KER Kerry, IRL PLACE-NAME

KERATITIS inflammation of the cornea MEDICAL

KETEN May CZECH

KID Kildare, IRL PLACE-NAME

KIDDIER skinner or dealer in young goats OCCUPATION

KIDNEY STONE gravel MEDICAL

KIK Kilkenny, IRL PLACE-NAME

KILDERKIN a liquid measure or a barrel containing 16 Scottish gallons of ale or 18 Scottish gallons of beer MEASURE

KILNER limeburner, in charge of a kiln OCCUPATION

KIN a relative GENEALOGY

KIND child DUTCH

KIND child GERMAN

KINDER children GERMAN

KINGS EVIL tubercular infection of the throat lymph glands (see Scrofula) MEDICAL

KINK fit of coughing or choking MEDICAL

KINKCOUGH whooping cough MEDICAL

KISSER made cuishes and high armour OCCUPATION

KITH friends and acquaintances GENEALOGY

KKD Kirkcudbright, SCT PLACE-NAME

KLEINDOCHTER grandson DUTCH

KLEINZOON granddaughter DUTCH

KMS Karle-Marx-Stadt, DDR PLACE-NAME

KNACKER harness maker, buyer of old horses and dead animals OCCUPATION

KNAPPERS dressed and shaped flints into required shape and size OCCUPATION

KNELLER chimney sweep who solicited custom by knocking on doors OCCUPATION

KNOCKER-UP person paid to wake up mill or factory workers for early shifts OCCUPATION

KNOCKKNOBBLER dog catcher OCCUPATION

KNOLLER toller of bells OCCUPATION

KNOT a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile or 1.1516 statute miles per hour MEASURE

KNULLER chimney sweep who solicited custom by knocking on doors OCCUPATION

KRS Kinross, SCT PLACE-NAME

KRUCHHUSTEN whooping cough MEDICAL

KS Kansas, USA PLACE-NAME

KSA Kgr.Sashen (Kingdom Saxony), GER PLACE-NAME

KT knight ABBREVIATION

KUSINE cousin (female) GERMAN

KY Kentucky, USA PLACE-NAME

KYPHOSIS humpback MEDICAL

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