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Scrivener.....Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public
Scrutiner.....Election judge
Shrieve.....Sheriff
Slater.....Roofer
Slopseller.....Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
Snobscat / Snob.....One who repaired shoes
Sorter.....Tailor
Spinster.....A woman who spins or an unmarried woman
Spurrer.....Maker of spurs
Squire.....Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
Stuff gown.....Junior barrister
Stuff gownsman.....Junior barrister
Supercargo.....Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the
commercial concerns of the ship.
Tanner.....One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather
Tapley.....One who puts the tap in an ale cask
Tasker.....Reaper
Teamster.....One who drives a team for hauling
Thatcher.....Roofer
Tide waiter.....Customs inspector
Tinker.....An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
Tipstaff.....Policeman
Traverse.....Toll bridge collection
Tucker.....Cleaner of cloth goods
Turner.....A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles
Victualer.....A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship
with food
Vulcan.....Blacksmith
Wagoner.....Teamster not for hire
Wainwright.....Wagon maker
Waiter.....Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to
collect duty on goods brought in.Waterman.....Boatman who plies for hire
Webster.....Operator of looms
Wharfinger.....Owner of a wharf
Wheelwright.....One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages
Whitesmith.....Tinsmith; iron-worker who finishes or polishes the work
Whitewing.....Street sweeper
Whitster.....Bleacher of cloth
Wright.....Workman, especially a construction worker
Yeoman.....Farmer who owns his own landGerald Wickle and Judge Butler, the two
recipients of the Hartzell 0 Stephens
Award for sponsoring the most new
members.Below, the TXSSAR Color Guard
taking a well deserved rest."I. .IX Id A. rVVV I
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