Occupations : F

OCCUPATIONS :F

FABER	artisan or workman
FABRICATOR	maker
FACTOR	an agent employed by merchants to transact business of buying and selling and a Scottish term for the steward of an estate responsible for collection of land rents
FAGETTER	made up faggots into bundles, seller of firewood
FAKER	photographic assistant who added colour to photographs by hand before colour film was available
FALCONER	breeds, trains, or hunts with hawks
FANCY MAN	pimp
FANCY-PEARL WORKER	worked in mother-of-pearl making buttons or fancy goods
FANCY WOMAN	prostitute
FANNER	grain winnower
FANWRIGHT	maker and repairer of fans or winnowing baskets
FARANDMAN	travelling merchant
FARMER	often descendant of the gentry and, ultimately, noble classes; usually having servants and farm workers, e.g., husband-men, groomsmen, etc
FARRIER	horse shoer or blacksmith
FAWKNER	trainer of falcons
FEAR-NOTHING MAKER	weaver of special kind of thick woollen cloth known as fear-nought, used for protective clothing and lining portholes, walls, and doors of powder magazines on board ships.
FEATHER BEATER	cleanser of feathers
FEATHER-DRESSER	who cleaned and prepared feathers for sale
FEATHER DRIVER	cleanser of feathers
FEATHERMAN	dealer in feathers and plumes
FEATHER-WIFE	woman who prepared feathers for use
FEEDER	herdsman
FELLER	woodcutter
FELL MONGER	remover of hair or wool from hides in leather making
FELTER	worker in the hatting industry
FERONER	ironmonger
FERRETER	dealer in or manufacturer of ferret, ie. silk tape
FERROUR	horse shoer or blacksmith
FETTLER	cleaned the machinery in woollen mills, removing accumulated fibres, grease, etc., sharpened the fustian cutters knives or needle-maker who filed the needle to a point
FEVER	blacksmith
FEWSTER	maker of saddle trees
FEWTERER	keeper of hounds, for hunting or coursing
FIDDLER	used a fiddle (small knife) to remove the flashing from cast clay forms such as bowl, creamers, cups or pitchers
FILE CUTTER	a maker of files, involved the cutting of grooves on the file surface
FILIBUSTER	American mercenaries in South America, gun runners
FILLER	who filled bobbins in mills
FINE DRAWER	employed in tailoring to repair tears in the cloth (invisible mending)
FINISHER	operated machine giving final touches to a manufactured article in various trades
FIREBEATER	tended the boilers that powered the machinery in a cotton mill
FIREMAN	inspected for, and removed explosive gasses underground in mining or stoked the boilers on ships and locomotives
FIRST HAND	silk weaver who had his own loom (an out-worker)
FISCERE	fisherman
FISHDRYVER	victualler
FISHER	victualler
FISH FAG	female fish monger
FITTER	coal broker
FLASHER	specialist process worker in the glass industry
FLATMAN	navigated a flat, a broad flat-bottomed boat used for transport, especially in shallow waters
FLAUNER	confectioner
FLAXDRESSER	prepared flax prior to spinning
FLESHER	butcher or one who worked in a tannery
FLESHEWER	butcher
FLESHMONGER	butcher or one who worked in a tannery
FLETCHER	arrow-smith (from French fleche).
FLOATER	vagrant or one who regulated the year-round workings of the water meadows in winter by adjusting the hatches on the channels to flood or float the meadows with a shallow covering of water to protect them from frost and encourage the early growth of new grass mainly for early feed for sheep and other animals. The sheep were pastured on the new grass by day and driven up on to the downs to be folded by night to provide the manure needed for the coming season's grain crops
FLOATMAN	navigated a flat, a broad flat-bottomed boat used for transport, especially in shallow waters
FLUSHERMAN	who cleaned out water mains
FLYCOACHMAN	driver of one-horse carriage hired by the day
FLYING STATIONER	street broadsheet seller
FLYMAN	driver of a light vehicle hired out for carriage of passenger or Theatre stage hand
FOGGER	peddler or low class lawyer
FOGLER	keeper or catcher of birds
FOISTER	joiner
FOISTERER	joiner
FOOT MAIDEN	female servant
FOOT MAN	servant who ran errands
FOOT PAD	robber
FOOT-POST	letter carrier or messenger who travelled on foot
FOOT STRAIGHTENER	one who assembled watch and clock dials in watch-making
FORESTER	game warden or forest ranger
FORGEMAN	blacksmith or assistant (coach-smith 18th century Derbyshire)
FORGER	blacksmith, worker at a forge
FOSSETMAKER	who made faucets for ale-casks, etc
FOWER	street cleaner, sweeper
FOWLER	keeper or catcher of birds
FRAMER	one who frames houses
FRAME SPINNER	worker on a loom
FRAMEWORKER KNITTER	operator of machine which made hosiery
FREEDMAN	one released from slavery
FREEMASON	stonecutter
FRESER	maker of frieze, a rough plaster
FRESHWATER MAN	sailed boat on fresh water only or in the coastal trade
FRIPPERER	buyer & seller of old clothes
FRISEUR	hair dresser
FROBISHER	remover of rust, a polisher of metal, eg. armour
FRUITERER	fruit seller
FRUITESTERE	female fruit seller
FUGLER	keeper or catcher of birds
FULKER	pawnbroker
FULLER	cloth worker who shrinks, beats and presses the cloth
FUNAMBULIST	tightrope walker
FURBISHER	armour polisher
FURBISHER	remover of rust, a polisher of metal, eg. armour
FURNER	baker
FURRIER	seller or maker of furs
FUSTIAN WEAVER	maker of corduroy

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