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M married ABBREVIATION M On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = Militia LEGAL M 1000 LATIN M DOCTOR medical doctor ABBREVIATION M ENGINEER mechanical engineer ABBREVIATION M MARINER master mariner ABBREVIATION M/O mother of ABBREVIATION MA Massachusetts, USA PLACE-NAME MAAND month DUTCH MAANDAG Monday DUTCH MAART March DUTCH MAB son WELSH MAB-YNG-NGHYFRAITH son-in-law WELSH MACHINISTE machinist FRENCH MAÇON stonemason FRENCH MADERER gathered and sold garlic OCCUPATION MADRASTA stepmother PORTUGUESE MADRASTRA stepmother SPANISH MADRE mother SPANISH MADRE mother ITALIAN MADRE, MAI mother PORTUGUESE MAG Magdeburg, DDR PLACE-NAME MAGGIO May ITALIAN MAGNA great; senior; elder LATIN MAGNUM a bottle holding the equivalent of 2 normal bottle - about 52 ounces MEASURE MAI May WELSH MAI May FRENCH MAI May GERMAN MAI May NORWEGIAN MAID female domestic servant OCCUPATION MAIDEN NAME a female's surname before she marries LEGAL MAIDISM pellagra MEDICAL MAIL a Scottish legal term for a rent or sum payable regularly SCOTLAND MAIL GUARD armed guard OCCUPATION MAILER one who paid rent in money or kind but not with labour OCCUPATION MAIO May PORTUGUESE MAIS a term used in counting herring - 600 (SCT) MEASURE MAISE MAKER one who made measures for weighing herring catch OCCUPATION MAJORES ancestor; elder LATIN MAL CADUC epilepsy MEDICAL MAL DE LA BAIE DE SAINT-PAUL syphilis MEDICAL MAL DE LA ROSA pellagra MEDICAL MAL DE SIAM yellow fever MEDICAL MAL ROSSO pellagra MEDICAL MALADIE NAPOLITAINE syphilis MEDICAL MALARIA an infectious febrile disease caused by a blood parasite transmitted by the bite of certain mosquitoes MEDICAL MALEMAKER maker of 'males' or travelling bags OCCUPATION MALENDER farmer OCCUPATION MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE BOWELS cancer of the gut or rectum MEDICAL MALIGNANT FEVER typhus MEDICAL MALIGNANT PUSTULE anthrax MEDICAL MALIGNANT SORE THROAT diphtheria MEDICAL MALSTER brewer; maker or seller of malts OCCUPATION MALTA FEVER an infectious bacterial disease transmitted to humans by domestic animals; causes weakness, fatigue and exhaustion; also Brucellosis or Undulant Fever MEDICAL MALUM VENEREUM syphilis MEDICAL MALVERSATION all punishable faults committed in the exercise of a charge or commission LEGAL MAM mother WELSH MAM-CU grandmother WELSH MAM-YNG-NGHYFRAITH mother-in-law WELSH MANA an old woman LATIN MANCHONNIER furrier FRENCH MANCIPLE steward OCCUPATION MANDAG Monday NORWEGIAN MANGEL WURTZEL beets AGRICULTURE MANGLE KEEPER woman who offered use of the mangle for a fee OCCUPATION MANGLER works a mangle OCCUPATION MANGO slave dealer OCCUPATION MANIA insanity MEDICAL MANSER a bastard LATIN MANSLAUGHTER the unlawful killing of a person without malice or premeditation LEGAL MANTIL a package of firs or skins, containing from 30 to 100 pieces, according to the species and size MEASURE MANTUAMAKER dressmaker OCCUPATION MANUFR manufacturer ABBREVIATION MARASMUS infantile debility; condition where a child is unable to absorb nutrition from food MEDICAL MARBLER one who stained paper or other material, veined in imitation of marble OCCUPATION MARBRIER marble worker FRENCH MARCHAND merchant FRENCH MARCHAND DE FERRAILLES junk merchant FRENCH MARCHAND DE GLACE ice merchant FRENCH MARCHAND DE GRAINS grain merchant FRENCH MARCHAND DE NOUVEAUTÉS dry goods merchant FRENCH MARCHAND DE QUINCAILLERIE iron, tin and copper merchant FRENCH MARCHAND FORAINS hawker; pedlar FRENCH MARCO March PORTUGUESE MARDI Tuesday FRENCH MARÉCHAUX farrier FRENCH MARI husband FRENCH MARIAGE marriage FRENCH MARIDO husband SPANISH MARIDO husband PORTUGUESE MARIN sailor; seaman FRENCH MARITA wife LATIN MARITAGIUM marriage portion; dowry LATIN MARITATIO marriage; giving in marriage; right of marriage; a gift from the husband to the wife on marriage LATIN MARITI married couple LATIN MARITO husband ITALIAN MARIUS May LATIN MARK a nominal weight in Shetland and Orkney WEIGHT MARRIAGE BOND a financial guarantee that there is no impediment to a marriage GENEALOGY MARS March FRENCH MARS March NORWEGIAN MARS March CZECH MARSHALL in aristocracy, marshalled guests or functions of royal households; an officer who regulates tournaments, combat, feasts or assemblies OCCUPATION MARSHMAN paid by various landowners to look after marshlands and tend the animals put to graze there for the season OCCUPATION MARTEDI Tuesday ITALIAN MARTES Tuesday SPANISH MARTIUS March (the month) LATIN MARTIUS CONJUNX husband LATIN MARW die WELSH MARZ, MAERZ March GERMAN MARZO March SPANISH MARZO March ITALIAN MASHMAKER maker of the mash OCCUPATION MASON stonecutter OCCUPATION MASTER in the 16th century or earlier denoted persons of social status or educational standing; a cleric; one of three grades of skill recognized by the Guild of Crafts OCCUPATION MASTER LUMPER contractor of laborers at cheap rate of pay OCCUPATION MASTER MARINER ship's captain OCCUPATION MASTITIS inflammation of the breast MEDICAL MATCHET FORGER knifemaker OCCUPATION MATELOT sailor; seaman FRENCH MATER mother LATIN MATER MERETRIX illegitimate mother LATIN MATERNAL inherited from one's mother GENEALOGY MATERTERA maternal aunt LATIN MATERTERA MAGNA grand aunt LATIN MATERTERA MAIOR great-grand aunt LATIN MATERTERA MAXIMA great-great-grand aunt LATIN MATRIGNO stepmother ITALIAN MATRIMONIO marriage SPANISH MATRIMONIO marriage ITALIAN MATRIMONIUM matrimony LATIN MATRINA MATERNA godmother LATIN MAWER mower OCCUPATION MAWR great WELSH MAWRTH March WELSH MAWRTH Tuesday WELSH MAY Mayo, IRL PLACE-NAME MAYER physician OCCUPATION MAYHEM the act of maiming, disfiguring or cutting a person LEGAL MAYIDIAM pellagra MEDICAL MAYO May SPANISH MAZE 500 herrings; also mese MEASURE MC On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = military claimant LEGAL MD Maryland, USA PLACE-NAME MD medical doctor ABBREVIATION MD Mohammedan; Muslim ABBREVIATION MDX Middlesex, ENG PLACE-NAME ME On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = Military Emigrant LEGAL ME Maine, USA PLACE-NAME ME Methodist Episcopalian ABBREVIATION ME Methodist ABBREVIATION MEA Meath, IRL PLACE-NAME MEALLER one who paid rent in money or kind but not with labour OCCUPATION MEALMAN dealer in meal or flour OCCUPATION MEALSTANE a stone used in weighing meal; in Galloway a stone of 17.5 pounds (SCT) WEIGHT MEASLES a contagious disease marked by fever, an eruption of pink spots, sweating and inflammation of the eyes MEDICAL MEASURE in Orkney 616.7 grams; in Shetland 575.56 grams; in Kincardineshire a measure of coal equal to 48 Scots pints MEASURE MÉCANICIEN mechanic FRENCH MECH mechanic ABBREVIATION MÉDECIN physician FRENCH MÉDECIN VÉTÉRINAIRE veterinary surgeon FRENCH MEDI September WELSH MEDICUS physician LATIN MEDTITERRANEAN FEVER brucellosis MEDICAL MEHEFIN June WELSH MEI May DUTCH MEK Mecklenburg, GER PLACE-NAME MELANCHOLIA severe depression MEDICAL MELDER corn miller OCCUPATION MEMBRANOUS CROUP diphtheria MEDICAL MEN Mennonite ABBREVIATION MÉNAGÈRE housekeeper FRENCH MENINGITIS inflammation of the membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord MEDICAL MENIO child PORTUGUESE MENNONITE One of a sect of Ana-Baptists who do not believe in original sin and object to taking oaths, making war or going to law. GENEALOGY MENORRHAGIA excessive bleeding MEDICAL MENSIS month LATIN MENUISIER joiner FRENCH MER Merioneth, WLS PLACE-NAME MER merchant ABBREVIATION MERCATOR merchant LATIN MERCATOR PECORIS cattle dealer LATIN MERCER cloth seller OCCUPATION MERCH daughter WELSH MERCH merchant ABBREVIATION MERCH-YNG-NGHYFRAITH daughter-in-law WELSH MERCOLEDI Wednesday ITALIAN MERCREDI Wednesday FRENCH MERE mother FRENCH MERSCHER Wednesday WELSH MESE month ITALIAN MESE 500 herrings; also maze MEASURE MESS H OF C messenger House of Commons ABBREVIATION MESSAGER messenger FRENCH MESSUAGE a dwelling house with adjacent buildings for the use of the household; a manor house GENEALOGY METEORISM flatulent distension of the abdomen with gas in the gut MEDICAL METERER poet OCCUPATION METES AND BOUNDS a property line described by its natural boundaries (eg prominent rocks or a creek) LEGAL MÉTIER DIVERS mechanic FRENCH METRITIS inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge MEDICAL MEUBLIER cabinet maker FRENCH MEUNIER miller FRENCH MEX Mexico PLACE-NAME MEZ month PORTUGUESE MFR manufacturer ABBREVIATION MGY Montgomeryshire, WLS PLACE-NAME MI Michigan, USA PLACE-NAME MI minister ABBREVIATION MIA missing in action ABBREVIATION MIASMA poisonous vapours thought to infect the air and cause disease MEDICAL MIDWIFE experience woman who assists in child birth OCCUPATION MIERCOLES Wednesday SPANISH MIL 1000 SPANISH MIL 1000 PORTUGUESE MIL 1000 WELSH MILCH COW milk producing cow AGRICULTURE MILE modern standard is 1760 yards or 1610 meters; a Scottish mile = 1814 meters; an Irish mile = 2049 meters; MEASURE MILES soldier LATIN MILITARY FEVER sweating sickness MEDICAL MILK CRUST small red, itchy pimples on the face or scalp which burst and exude a sticky fluid forming a yellow crust MEDICAL MILK FEVER short lived fever sometimes accompanies lactation MEDICAL MILK LEG a painful swelling in the legs soon after childbirth due to inflammation MEDICAL MILK POX alastrim MEDICAL MILK SICKNESS poisoning resulting from drinking milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root MEDICAL MILL SAYER sawyer ABBREVIATION MILLE 1000 FRENCH MILLE 1000 LATIN MILLE 1000 ITALIAN MILLER one who ground to fine particles such material as grain or fruit OCCUPATION MILLERESS miller's wife OCCUPATION MILLERS CARMAN drove carrier to deliver the flour or seed to the customers OCCUPATION MILLINER maker of womens' hats OCCUPATION MILLOW miller OCCUPATION MILLPECK sharpener of mill stones OCCUPATION MILLWRIGHT designer & builder of mills or mill machinery OCCUPATION MILLWRT millwright ABBREVIATION MILSTONE INSPECTOR vagrant, a gentleman of the road OCCUPATION MIN minister ABBREVIATION MINEUR miner FRENCH MINIM the smallest liquid measure equal to one sixtieth of a liquid drachm, approximately one drop MEASURE MINIMUS A NATA youngest born LATIN MINISTRES DES CULTE clergyman FRENCH MINOR not of legal age LEGAL MINTMAKER issuer of local currency OCCUPATION MINTMASTER issuer of local currency OCCUPATION MIS month WELSH MIS BACH February WELSH MISTER formerly a title of respect given to certain civil officers or those of gentle blood TITLE MISTRESS a sign of status TITLE MITTWOCH Wednesday GERMAN MIXER bartender OCCUPATION MLN Midlothian, SCT PLACE-NAME MN Minnesota, USA PLACE-NAME MN Mennonite ABBREVIATION MNC Methodist New Connection ABBREVIATION MO Missouri, USA PLACE-NAME MO Moravian ABBREVIATION MO Mormon ABBREVIATION MOCADO WEAVER weaver of woolen cloth used for making clothes OCCUPATION MODISTE dressmaker FRENCH MOEDER mother DUTCH MOG Monaghan, IRL PLACE-NAME MOGLIE wife ITALIAN MOIETY half; one of two equal parts; a portion or share in general LEGAL MOIS month FRENCH MOLARIUS millwright LATIN MOLENDARIUS miller LATIN MOLINARIUS miller LATIN MOLITOR millwright LATIN MOLITOR miller OCCUPATION MOLLITIES OSSIUM osteomalacia MEDICAL MON Monmouthshire, WLS PLACE-NAME MONACHA nun LATIN MONACHUS monk LATIN MONAT month GERMAN MONDAYMAN one who worked for landowner on Mondays in lieu of rent OCCUPATION MONGER a trader or dealer OCCUPATION MONKSHEAD a flower that represents nearby danger SYMBOLS MONTAG Monday GERMAN MONTHLY FLUX periodic discharge of menses, monthly period MEDICAL MONUMENTUM SERE PERENNIS a moment more lasting than brass LATIN MOONSTONE a stone that represents good luck SYMBOLS MOR Moray, SCT PLACE-NAME MORAVIAN a native of Moravia; a member of a Protestant religious sect formed in Bohemia about 1415; also United Brethren GENEALOGY MORBILLI measles MEDICAL MORBO LOACTEO milk sickness MEDICAL MORBUS CADUCUS epilepsy MEDICAL MORBUS CORDIS heart disease MEDICAL MORBUS GALLICUS syphilis MEDICAL MORBUS ISCHIADICUS sciatica MEDICAL MORBUS LUNATICUS epilepsy MEDICAL MORBUS REGIUS King's Evil MEDICAL MORBUS SONTICUS epilepsy MEDICAL MORBUS STRANGULATORIUS diphtheria MEDICAL MORBUS SUFFOCANS garrotillo or diphtheria MEDICAL MORIR die SPANISH MORIRE die ITALIAN MORMAL gangrene MEDICAL MORPHEW scurvy blisters on the body MEDICAL MORRER die PORTUGUESE MORS death LATIN MORS OMNIBUTUS COMMUNIS death is common to all LATIN MORS THYMICA sudden death of young children from infection MEDICAL MORTGAGE a conveyance of property, either real or personal, given to secure the payment of a debt LEGAL MORTIFICATION infection MEDICAL MORTIS death LATIN MOTA PROPRIO of his own accord LATIN MOULDER maker of molds or castings, brickmaker OCCUPATION MOUNTEBANK seller if ineffectual patent medicines OCCUPATION MOURIR die FRENCH MP Midi-Pyrenees, FRA PLACE-NAME MP Member of Parliament ABBREVIATION MPP Member Provincial Parliament ABBREVIATION MS Mississippi, USA PLACE-NAME MS Messiah ABBREVIATION MST Mecklenburg-Streliz, GER PLACE-NAME MSW Mecklenburg-Schwerin, GER PLACE-NAME MT Montana, USA PLACE-NAME MUCUS STROKE cystic fibrosis MEDICAL MUDLARK sewer cleaner; riverbank scavenger OCCUPATION MUFFIN MAKER maker who made muffins OCCUPATION MUFFIN MAN itinerant seller of muffins OCCUPATION MUGGLER pigman OCCUPATION MUGSELLER seller of cups, mugs OCCUPATION MUJER wife SPANISH MULE MINDER minded the spinning mules in the cotton mills OCCUPATION MULESKINNER teamster OCCUPATION MULETEER mule driver OCCUPATION MULHER CASADA wife PORTUGUESE MULIER woman, wife, lawful issue LATIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS the hardening or thickening of tissue in the brain or spinal cord MEDICAL MULTURER miller OCCUPATION MUMPS a contagious virus disease marked by swelling in facial glands and occasionally testicles MEDICAL MUNTIUS messenger, ambassador LATIN MURRAIN plague MEDICAL MUSICIEN musician FRENCH MUSICKER musician OCCUPATION MUSTARDER made and dealt in mustard OCCUPATION MUSTARDMAN made and dealt in mustard OCCUPATION MUTCHKIN a liquid measure in Scotland containing 4 gills (0.42 liters) MEASURE MUTTER mother GERMAN MV Moravain ABBREVIATION MYELITIS inflammation of the spinal chord MEDICAL MYOCARDITIS inflammation of heart muscle MEDICAL MYRTLE a flower that represents love SYMBOLS MYXEDEMA a condition, in adults, due to degeneration of the thyroid gland causing the skin to be thickened, puffy and dry, hair to fall out mental dullness MEDICAL |
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