| Occupier |
Tradesman |
| Oilman |
Sold the oil for lamps |
| Olitor |
Kitchen gardener (from Olitory-a kitchen garden) |
| Orderly |
Soldier who functioned as a servant for an officer |
| Ordinary Keeper |
Innkeeper |
| Orrery Maker |
Made a mechanical apparatus for showing the movements of the
planets (named after the Earl of Orrery the inventor) |
| Orrice Weaver |
Designer of lace patterns to be woven with silk thread and
silk |
| Osier Peeler |
Removed bark from willow rods or osiers which were used in
basket weaving, usually women and children (also known as withy
peelers) |
| Ostiary |
Monastery door keeper |
| Ostler |
Originally applied to an innkeeper/taverner or one who received
guests especially in an monastery (13th century) but later on
it came to mean stableboy or a person who looked after horses,
coming from the old French 'hostelier' |
| Out Crier |
Auctioneer |
| Outworker |
Worker who carried on their occupation at home, e.g., cotton
or woollen weavers but it applies to many occupations |
| Overlooker |
Superintendent or overseer, especially in the textile mills |
| Overman |
Supervisor in a colliery who checked the miners work and the
quality of the mined coal |
| Owler |
Sheep or wool smuggler |
| Oyster Dredger |
Member of the crew on board an oyster fishing boat |
