Daguerreotype
Artist
|
Early
name for a photographer (from the Daguerreotype method) |
| Dairyman |
Worker
or owner of a dairy farm or seller of dairy products |
| Damster |
Builder
of dams for logging purposes |
| Danter |
Female
overseer in the winding rooms of a silk mill |
| Dateler
/ Day Man / Daytaleman |
Casual
worker, usually employed by the day |
| Deathsman |
Executioner |
Decimer
/ Dozener
|
Elected by the householders in a street to act as their representative
at the borough's Court Leet |
| Decoyman |
Employed
to decoy the wild fowl, animals etc into a trap or within shooting
range |
| Decretist |
Knowledgeable
in decrees, decretals |
| Deemer
/ Deemster / Demster / Dempster |
Judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man |
| Delver |
Dug ditches |
| Depater |
Precious metal refiner |
| Deputy |
Safety officer for the pit crew in the mining industry |
Derrickman
|
Worked on an oil well handling the tubes and rods used in drilling |
| Devil |
Printer's
errand boy |
| Deviller |
Operated the devil, a machine that tore rags used in the textile
industry |
| Dexter |
Was a dyer |
Dey
Wife
|
Female
dairy worker |
| Dikeman
/ Dykeman |
Hedger
or ditcher |
| Dipper |
Who
worked in the pottery trade and was responsible for the glazing
of items |
| Dish
Turner |
Who
made wooden bowls or dishes |
| Disher
/ Dish Thrower |
Who
made bowls and dishes |
| Distiller |
Maker of alcoholic beverages |
| Distributor |
Parish
official attached to the workhouse / poorhouse who looked after
the secular needs of the poor |
Dock
Master
|
In charge of a dockyard |
| Docker
/ Dock Walloper |
Dock worker, longshoreman |
| Dog
Leech |
Veterinarian |
| Dog-Whipper |
Drove
dogs away in a village |
| Domesman |
Judge |
| Domestic |
Household
servant |
| Donkey
Boy / Donkey Man |
Driver
of a carriage for passengers |
| Door
Keeper |
Guard,
janitor, or porter |
| Doubler |
Operated
a machine used to twist together strands of fibre (cotton,
wool etc) |
| Dowser
/ Diviner |
Water
finder |
| Dragman |
Fisher
man who fished by dragging a net along the bottom of the water |
| Dragoman |
Acted
as interpreter or guide in Turkish or Arabic |
| Dragoon |
Mounted
infantryman |
| Dragsman |
Driver
of a small stage coach or carriage used for public transport
or private hire |
| Drainer |
Made
drains |
| Draper |
Dealer
in fabrics and sewing needs |
| Drawboy |
Weavers
assistant in the shawl making mills , they sat atop the looms
and lifted the heavy warps |
| Drayman |
Cart
driver |
| Dredgerman |
One
who in a boat to collect the bits and pieces that had fallen
overboard from other vessels which then were sold (London occupation) |
| Dresser |
One
who dresses another, surgeon's assistant and also one who operated
a machine which prepared threads in the textile industry |
| Dressing
Machine Maker |
Made
sewing machines |
| Drift
Makera |
Made
drift nets, used in the fishing industry |
| Dripping
Man |
Dealer
in dripping (the fat collected during the cooking of meats) |
| Driver |
Slave
overseer |
| Drover |
Sheep
or cattle driver |
| Drugger |
Pharmacist |
| Drummer |
Traveling
salesman |
| Dry
Salter |
Dealer
in pickles, dried meats, and sauces or a dealer in dyes and
colors used in the dying trade |
| Dry
Stone Waller / Dry Stane Dyker |
Built
stone walls usually using the stones removed from the fields
as building materials. The art was in not using any cement
or mortar and generally not cutting the stone, but being able
to see where variuos stones would fit together |
| Dubbere |
Cloth
dubber, i.e., one who raises the nap of cloth |
| Duffer |
Peddler
of cheap goods |
| Dustman |
Collected domestic refuse |
| Dyer |
Employed
in the textile mills to color fabric prior to weaving |
| Dyker |
Scottish
term for a stonemason |
