abbot {abbé}.
female abbot {abbess}.
church or monastery leader {abbot}.
professor {academician}.
business record keeper {accountant}.
gymnast {acrobat}.
assistant {aide, assistant}.
church official {alderman}.
permanent diplomatic-mission leader {ambassador}.
religious hermit {anchorite}.
news reader {anchorman} {anchorwoman}.
historian {antiquarian}.
pharmacist {apothecary}.
student of tradesman {apprentice}.
church official {archbishop}.
duke {archduke}.
building designer {architect}.
skilled worker {artisan}.
beginning professor {assistant professor}.
middle-stage professor {associate professor}.
Anglo-Saxon prince {atheling}.
highest lawyer {attorney general}.
Writers can be great poets {bard}.
circus announcer {barker}.
male low-level nobility {baron, noble}.
minor church official {beadle}.
People {beautician} can beautify others.
English royal guardsman {beefeater}.
hotel baggage carrier {bellboy}.
Ottoman governor, Egyptian official, or Tunisian king {bey}.
high church official {bishop}.
iron wright or manual iron worker {blacksmith} {smith} {smithy}.
ship deck officer {boatswain} {bosun}.
policeman {bobby}.
iron worker {boilermaker}.
innkeeper, hotel manager, nightclub owner, or restaurateur {boniface}.
bet arranger {bookmaker} {bookie}.
shoe shiner {bootblack}.
People {bouncer} can evict unruly patrons.
brass worker {brazier}.
securities-trade arranger {broker}.
treasurer {bursar}.
People {busboy} can remove dirty dishes at restaurants.
captain's young servant {cabin boy}.
person carrying golf bag for another {caddie, golf}.
ruler {caesar}.
high-class prostitute {call girl}.
middle-ranking military officer {captain}.
royal minister {chamberlain}.
non-profit-institution leader {chancellor}.
treasurer {chancellor of the exchequer}.
dealer {chandler}.
minister to military or lay group {chaplain}.
cleaning woman {charwoman}.
back doctor {chiropractor}.
chorus member {chorine}.
house, road, and other public-work designer {civil engineer}.
low church official {clergyman}.
priest {cleric}.
doctor {clinician}.
clothing seller {clothier}.
shoemaker {cobbler, shoe}.
coal miner {collier}.
communist official {commissar}.
financial official {comptroller}.
first violinist {concertmaster}.
female sex partner {concubine}.
Priests {confessor} can listen to confessions.
guardian {conservator}.
ruler's spouse {consort}.
sheriff {constable}.
financial official {controller}.
indentured worker {coolie}.
Young people {copyboy} can carry copy around newsrooms.
People {copyreader} can proofread.
psychologist {counselor, psychologist}.
Public officials {county agent} can help farmers.
deliverer {courier}.
high-class prostitute {courtesan}.
court attendant {courtier}.
clothing designer {couturier}.
boat steerer {coxswain}.
dice game manager {croupier}.
man in line to throne {crown prince}.
church official {curate}.
art museum collection manager {curator}.
parish priest {curé}.
janitor {custodian}.
French king's oldest son {dauphin}.
unskilled laborer {day laborer}.
low church official or layman assisting minister {deacon}.
faculty administrator senior group member {dean}.
elected representative {delegate}.
authorized assistant {deputy}.
detective {dick}.
follower {disciple}.
clergyman {divine}.
part-time teacher {docent}.
servant {domestic}.
drawer {draftsman}.
Celtic priest {druid}.
marching-band leader {drum major}.
high female nobility {duchess, person}.
high male nobility {duke}.
middle male nobility {earl}.
exotic dancer {ecdysiast}.
lay church official {elder, person}.
voter in assembly {elector}.
government agent sent to another country {emissary}.
ruler of more than one state {emperor}.
civil, electrical, chemical, or mechanical work designer {engineer}.
government agent sent to another country {envoy, person}.
horse rider {equestrian}.
person accompanying another {escort}.
person with rank just below knight {esquire}.
administrator {executive}.
People {extern} can work for organizations outside regular locations.
employee with many tasks {factotum}.
People {fakir} can perform to receive money.
Arab peasant {fellah}.
scholarly-group member {fellow}.
advertising or marketing person {flak, person}.
jazz-age woman {flapper}.
detective {flatfoot}.
servant {footman}.
monk {friar}.
business representative {front man}.
official {functionary}.
fur seller {furrier}.
electrician or old person {gaffer, old person}.
doctor {general practitioner} (GP).
glass worker {glazier}.
sailor {gob}.
thug {goon}.
Women {governess} can teach wealthy-people's children.
state or province leader {governor, leader}.
noble {grandee}.
detective {gumshoe}.
Women {gun moll} can accompany gangsters during crimes.
men's clothes and accessory seller {haberdasher}.
taxi driver {hack, person}.
Persons {hacker, person} can explore boundaries of what is possible in computing.
actor or amateur radio operator {ham, person}.
Persons can schedule other-person's work {handler}.
noblewoman's woman servant {handmaiden}.
clown {harlequin}.
prostitute {harlot}.
partner in crime {henchman}.
roadside robber {highwayman}.
mercenary {hireling}.
dancer {hoofer}.
prostitute {hooker}.
Locomotive operators {hostler} can work only in local yards.
Women {housemother} can supervise dormitories.
People {informant} can impart information.
hospital patient {in-patient}.
questioner from authority {inquisitor}.
student worker {intern}.
post-graduate medical worker {internist}.
court humorist {jester}.
Job lot buyer sells for installation {jobber}.
furniture and cabinet maker {joiner}.
master tradesman working for another {journeyman}.
armored horsemen {knight}.
wandering knight {knight-errant}.
Noblewomen {lady-in-waiting} can attend queens or princesses.
Tibetan or Mongolian monk {lama}.
mineralologist {lapidary}.
emissary {legate}.
libretto writer {librettist}.
People {licentiate} can have obtained licenses.
vassal or lord {liege}.
British sailor {limey}.
Lenders {loan shark} can charge high interest and demand payment.
dockworker {longshoreman}.
feudal estate owner {lord}.
highest chancellor {lord chancellor}.
People {lyricist} can write lyrics.
Women {madam} can have prostitution businesses.
former prostitute {magdalen} {magdalene}.
law administrator {magistrate}.
important or rich businessman {magnate, businessman}.
Unmarried noblewomen {maid-in-waiting} can attend queens or princesses.
headwaiter {majordomo}.
nursemaid {mammy}.
high public official {mandarin}.
marquis {marchese}.
marquise {marchioness}.
state ruler {margrave}.
sailor {mariner}.
People {marshal} can execute court orders.
bricklayer or concrete worker {mason} {masonry}.
bullfighter {matador, bullfighter}.
family or clan female leader {matriarch}.
elderly dignified woman {matron}.
Doctors {medical examiner} can examine bodies for causes of death.
spiritualist {medium}.
beggar or poor friar {mendicant}.
teacher and encourager {mentor}.
savior {messiah}.
intermediary for sale {middleman}.
sailor {midshipman} {middy}.
Women {midwife} can aid baby delivery.
grain grinder {miller}.
cloth seller {milliner}.
People {moderator} can mediate debates or conferences.
Women {moll} can accompany gangsters.
seller {monger}.
People {monitor, person} can control other's movements in areas, or screens can allow monitoring.
funeral parlor owner {mortician}.
Muslim religion and law teacher {mullah}.
masked dancer {mummer}.
Women {nanny} can care for wealthy parents' children.
narcotics agent {nark}.
People {naturalist} can observe and study nature.
predictor of future and communer with dead {necromancer}.
beginner {neophyte}.
beginner or person training to take religious vows {novice} {novitiate}.
woman in religious order {nun}.
papal representative {nuncio}.
official {officiary}.
People {ombudsman} can act on citizen complaints.
People {optician} can measure for and sell glasses.
prophet {oracle}.
formal speaker {orator}.
person has procedure in hospital but does not stay {out-patient}.
horse riding attendant {outrider}.
region controller {overlord}.
messenger or errand person {page}.
knight-like person {paladin}.
casket carrier {pallbearer}.
liaison for sexual encounters {panderer}.
dignitary {panjandrum}.
legislator {parliamentarian}.
minister {parson}.
minister {pastor}.
family or clan male leader {patriarch}.
saint for activity or entity {patron saint}.
People {pawnbroker} can loan or give money in exchange for keeping goods.
schoolteacher {pedagogue}.
unskilled laborer {peon}.
Egyptian king more than 2300 years ago {pharaoh}.
People {pharmacist} can formulate and dispense drugs.
prostitute {pickup}.
woman {piece}.
Men {pimp} can schedule prostitutes.
People {pitchman} can appear in advertisements.
non-uniformed on-duty policeman {plainclothesman}.
People {playwright} can write dramas.
prospective fraternity member {pledge, person}.
government representative {plenipotentiary}.
official poet {poet laureate}.
pope {pontiff}.
Rider can guide horses pulling carriage {postillion}.
post office administrator {postmaster} {postmaster general}.
People {postulant} {pre-novice} can prepare to become novices.
powerful person {potentate}.
clay worker {potter}.
Licensed nurses {practical nurse} can practice under registered nurses or physicians.
teacher {preceptor}.
high official {prefect}.
bishop or high church official {prelate}.
government leader in parliamentary systems {premier}.
president {prexy}.
queen's husband {prince consort}.
exam supervisor {proctor}.
Roman provincial official {procurator} handled finances and emperor's estates.
pimp {procurer}.
People {promoter, person} can stage productions.
Ship officers {purser} can handle money.
woman {queen}.
storyteller {raconteur}.
real estate broker {realtor}.
parish priest, or school principal or headmaster {rector}.
porter {redcap}.
board member {regent}.
Nurses {registered nurse} can practice independently.
official recorder {registrar}.
restaurant owner {restaurateur}.
People {rhetorician} can study and use rhetoric.
noble person {royalty}.
Sexton or assistant at liturgy handles vessels and vestments {sacristan}.
horse-equipment seller {saddler}.
People {salutatorian} can give the greeting at meetings.
Governors {satrap} can be responsible only to king.
wood sawer {sawyer}.
Medieval writers can be bards {scop}.
writer or copyist {scribe}.
reserve player {scrub}.
dishwasher {scullion}.
USA navy construction engineer {seabee}.
People {second, dueling} can assist duelists.
house robber {second-story man}.
New England town official {selectman}.
peasant {serf}.
Officials {sergeant at arms} can keep order in courts or assemblies.
attendant {servitor}.
church caretaker {sexton}.
magician {shaman}.
detective {shamus}.
Tenant farmers {sharecropper} can pay rent in crops.
Arab leader {sheik}.
swindler's accomplice {shill}.
ship building worker {shipfitter}.
Japanese first commander {shogun}.
union member selected to represent workers {shop steward}.
Prophetess {sibyl} was at Delphi.
musician {sideman}.
signer {signatory}.
father or lord {sire}.
porter {skycap}.
prostitute {slattern}.
detective {sleuth}.
senator {solon}.
wizard {sorcerer}.
king {sovereign, king}.
rock hunter {spelunker}.
People {squatter} with no title can settle on land.
noble attendant to knight {squire, person}.
heating, ventilation, and cooling system installer and repairer {steam fitter}.
People {steeplejack} can work on high structures.
dockworker {stevedore}.
household manager for estate {steward}.
stone layer or wall builder {stonemason}.
comedian's foil {straight man}.
foreman or temporary boss {straw boss}.
prostitute {streetwalker}.
Christian ascetics {stylite} lived on pillars.
secondary-rank person {subaltern}.
Physicians {surgeon} can be skilled in cutting and sewing tissue.
Suppliers {sutler} can get provisions for regiments.
sailor {swab, sailor}.
Hindu yogi {swami}.
pirate or flamboyant man {swashbuckler}.
chimney sweeper {sweep}.
syndicate member {syndic}.
prostitute {tart, prostitute}.
Dancers {taxi dancer} can receive customers' money to dance with them.
commercial driver {teamster}.
money handler at bank {teller}.
secondary ruler or ruler of one-fourth of nation {tetrarch}.
Anglo-Saxon lords {thane}.
People {theoretician} can study and work on theories.
actor {thespian}.
Disinterested persons {third party} can help two parties transact business.
People {tinker} can curiously modify machinery or objects, or be metal-item repairers.
People {toastmaster} can introduce speakers and propose toasts at meetings.
bullfighter {toreador}.
matador or assistant {torero}.
horserace information giver {tout, person}.
actor in tragedies {tragedian} {tragedienne}.
prostitute {trollop}.
Officials {truant officer} can apprehend students absent from school without permission.
compositor {typesetter}.
compositor {typographer}.
Actors {understudy} can be ready to assume roles in case of incapacity.
People {underwriter} can supply finances for activities or businesses.
high-interest-rate lender {usurer}.
People {valedictorian} can give farewell speeches.
People {valet} can perform personal services.
Sick persons {valetudinarian} can think only about their health.
People {ventriloquist} can speak for a dummy.
animal doctor {veterinarian}.
Anglican clergymen {vicar} can lead parishes.
Rulers can claim to represent God {vicegerent}, or people can be substitutes.
Governors {viceroy} can represent king.
People {vigilante} can hunt suspected criminals without authorization.
winemaker {vintner}.
count's son or younger brother {viscount}.
prime minister {vizier}.
sworn to worship or serve {votary}.
wagon builder {wainwright}.
local politician {ward heeler}.
prison administrator {warden}.
witch {warlock}.
Women {wet nurse} can nurse babies for mothers.
People {wildcatter} can drill for oil on speculation.
assistant to dignitary {yeoman}.
Hindu meditation practitioner {yogi}.
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