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R CONDUCTOR railway conductor ABBREVIATION R ROAD Railroad ABBREVIATION R.I.P. Requiescat in pace; (may he (she) rest in peace) LATIN R/R Railroad ABBREVIATION RABIES canine madness or hydrophobia MEDICAL RACK MAIDEN girl employed in the tin mines of Cornwall to dress the ore OCCUPATION RAD Radnorshire, WLS PLACE-NAME RAFF MERCHANT seller of fiber used to make raffia bags, etc OCCUPATION RAFFINERIES DU SUCRE sugar refiners FRENCH RAFFMAN one who dealt in raff (saleable rubbish) OCCUPATION RAG AND BONE MAN one who went from street to street with a cart and collected any old rubbish, usually in exchange for a small item, e.g. a block of soapstone OCCUPATION RAG CUTTER one who cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making paper, etc OCCUPATION RAG GATHERERS employed to clear the rags from the machinery in the mills (usually children) OCCUPATION RAG MAN one who went from street to street collecting and selling old clothes and rags OCCUPATION RAG PICKER sorted through the left over rags to find re-usable ones OCCUPATION RAG-PICKER'S DISEASE anthrax MEDICAL RAILWAY SPINE back injury MEDICAL RAKER street sanitation worker OCCUPATION RAPPORTEUR reporter FRENCH RATONER rat catcher OCCUPATION RATTLEWATCH town watchman OCCUPATION RB Reformed Baptist ABBREVIATION RC Roman Catholic ABBREVIATION RD MASTER road master ABBREVIATION RE Reformed Episcopalian ABBREVIATION RECTIFIER one who distilled alcoholic spirits OCCUPATION RECTOR a clergyman or priest in charge of a parish; the chief elective officer of some universities (France & Scotland); in Scotland a headmaster of a school OCCUPATION REDAR interpreter of dreams OCCUPATION REDSMITH goldsmith OCCUPATION REEDER worked with reeds for hedging or thatching OCCUPATION REEDMAKER made the pipe for a musical instrument; made a weavers implement (a reed) or reed cloth or the comb used in tapestry OCCUPATION REELER operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin OCCUPATION REEVE church warden OCCUPATION REGINA queen LATIN REGIS king LATIN REGISTRAR official who registers events such as land purchases or births OCCUPATION RELAPSING FEVER an infectious disease with periods of fever and periods of normal temperature; the several varieties are all caused by the spirochetes of the genus borrelia MEDICAL RELECTA widow LATIN RELECTUS widower LATIN RELICT the survivor of a married couple LATIN RELIEUR bookbinder FRENCH RELIGIEUSE nun FRENCH RELIGIO religion LATIN REMITTING FEVER malaria MEDICAL RENATUS baptized, re-born LATIN RENOVATOR one who repaired clothing OCCUPATION RENTIER a person living on a private income or annuity FRENCH RENTIER gentleman of private means FRENCH REQUIESCAT IN PACE rest in peace; also r.i.p. LATIN RES GESTAE statements which because of their intimate relation to the facts become part of those facts & are LEGAL RESTAURATEUR restaurant keeper FRENCH RESTIO rope maker LATIN RET retired ABBREVIATION RETINITIS inflammation of the retina MEDICAL REU Reuss (Beide), GER PLACE-NAME REVENDEUR huckster FRENCH REVENUER taxman who enforces tax laws on liquor OCCUPATION REX king LATIN RFW Renfrew, SCT PLACE-NAME RH FACTOR a property of blood cells MEDICAL RHA Rhone-Alpes, FRA PLACE-NAME RHAGFYR December WELSH RHEUMATIC FEVER an infectious disease causing pain among the joints mostly occurring in children and young adults MEDICAL RHEUMATISM inflammation of the joints MEDICAL RHINITIS inflammation of the membrane lining the nose MEDICAL RHYWUN, UN one WELSH RI Rhode Island, USA PLACE-NAME RICKETS disease of the skeletal system mainly due to vitamin D deficiency MEDICAL RICKMASTER Captain of Horse OCCUPATION RIDDLER wool stapler OCCUPATION RIFTERE reaper OCCUPATION RIG a land measure equal to 9,000 square feet MEASURE RIGGER hoist tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging OCCUPATION RIGOR a chill; an attack of shivering during a feverish illness MEDICAL RIGOUR a chill; an attack of shivering during a feverish illness MEDICAL RIJEN October CZECH RINGWORM a contagious disease of the skin caused by a fungi infection MEDICAL RIPPIER fish seller OCCUPATION RISING OF THE LIGHTS croup MEDICAL RITTER'S DISEASE jaundice of newborns; also icterus neonatorum MEDICAL RIVERMAN worker on a river boat OCCUPATION RM Regular Methodist ABBREVIATION RO Romania PLACE-NAME ROC Ross & Cromar, SCT PLACE-NAME ROCKGETTER rocksalt miner OCCUPATION ROCKMAN worked in a quarry usually placing the charges on the rockface OCCUPATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER a typhus-like disease caused by a microorganism rickettia rickettsi. Also Sao Paulo fever. MEDICAL ROD a measure of length, being 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet; often termed a pole or perch MEASURE RODENT ULCER type of skin cancer - basal cell carcinoma MEDICAL RODMAN surveyor's assistant OCCUPATION ROLL TURNER carder of wool, cotton, etc into rolls prior to spinning OCCUPATION ROLLER COVERER one who covered the rollers for the spinning process OCCUPATION ROLLEYWAY MAN maintained the underground road in the mines OCCUPATION ROMAN CEMENTER one who worked with roman cement used in stuccoing OCCUPATION ROOD a square measure equivalent to 1/4 of an acre or 1210 square yards MEASURE ROPER maker of ropes or nets OCCUPATION ROS Roscommon, IRL PLACE-NAME ROSE a flower that represents love SYMBOLS ROSE erysipelas MEDICAL ROSE COLD hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy MEDICAL ROSE RASH roseola or false measles MEDICAL ROSE, DAMASK a flower that represents beauty ever new SYMBOLS ROSE, WHITE a flower that represents 'I am worthy of you' SYMBOLS ROSE, YELLOW a flower that represents jealousy SYMBOLS ROSEBUD, MOSS a plant that represents a confession of love SYMBOLS ROSEOLA rose rash or false measles MEDICAL ROSEOLA measles or German measles MEDICAL ROTARIUS wheelwright LATIN ROTELN German measles MEDICAL ROUP croup MEDICAL ROVER archer or operator of a machine used in cotton mills which prepared the carded fiber into rolls OCCUPATION ROX Roxburgh, SCT PLACE-NAME RP Reformed Presbyterian ABBREVIATION RPA Region Parisienne, FRA PLACE-NAME RPF Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhine.-Palatinale), BRD PLACE-NAME RPR Rheinprovinz, GER PLACE-NAME RR Railroad ABBREVIATION RSA Republic of South Africa PLACE-NAME RST Rostock, DDR PLACE-NAME RUBBISHER sorted the small stones in the quarries OCCUPATION RUBBLER sorted the small stones in the quarries OCCUPATION RUBELLA German measles MEDICAL RUBEOLA measles or German measles MEDICAL RUBY discovers poison, corrects evil and preserves health; warns of impending danger by changing colour; birth stone for July (also see onyx) or birth stone for December (also see turquoise) SYMBOLS RUGMAN dealer in rugs OCCUPATION RUNDLET a liquid measure or barrel of 18 to 20 gallons MEASURE RUNNER smuggler, messenger and ironically one who worked for the magistrate best remembered as Bow Street Runners OCCUPATION RUS Russia PLACE-NAME RUSTICUS countryman LATIN RUSTLER cattle thief OCCUPATION RUT Rutland, ENG PLACE-NAME |
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