Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept OccupationalRole
More specialized WordNet synsets
- service
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service"
- seafaring, navigation, sailing
- the work of a sailor
- farming, land
- working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
- fishing
- the occupation of catching fish
- housework, housekeeping
- the work of cleaning and running a house
- housewifery
- the work of a housewife
- occupation, business, line of work, line
- the principal activity in your life; "he's not in my line of business"
- occupation
- any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
- career, calling, vocation
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- game, biz
- informal terms for your occupation; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
- specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism
- the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"
- walk of life, walk
- careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"
- lifework
- the principal work of your career
- service
- employment in work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"
- public service
- employment within a government system (especially in civil service)
- business life, professional life
- a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities
- cabinetwork, cabinetry
- the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
- trade, craft
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
- airplane mechanics
- the craft of building and repairing airplanes
- auto mechanics
- the craft of building and repairing automobiles
- basketry
- the craft of basket making
- bookbinding
- the craft of binding books
- bricklaying
- the craft of laying bricks
- interior decoration, interior design
- the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior
- carpentry, woodworking, woodwork
- the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
- drafting, mechanical drawing
- the craft of drawing blueprints
- dressmaking
- the craft of making dresses
- electrical work
- the craft of an electrician
- lighting
- the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior decorator must understand lighting"
- painting, house painting
- the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
- masonry
- the craft of a mason
- profession
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- plumbing, plumbery
- the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
- pottery
- the craft of making earthenware
- metier, medium
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"
- learned profession
- one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles
- literature
- the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
- architecture
- the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
- law, practice of law
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
- medicine, practice of medicine
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
- education
- the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
- journalism
- the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
- politics
- the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
- preventive medicine
- the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease
- alternative medicine, complementary medicine
- the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve self-awareness
- theology
- the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
- roofing
- the craft of a roofer
- sheet-metal work
- the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)
- tailoring
- the occupation of a tailor
- accountancy, accounting
- the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
- cost accounting
- keeping account of the costs of items in production
- single entry, single-entry bookkeeping
- a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account
- costing
- (British) cost accounting
- bookkeeping, clerking
- the activity of recording business transactions
- double entry, double-entry bookkeeping
- bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
- photography
- the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
- butchery, butchering
- the business of a butcher
- dental practice
- the practice of dentistry
- law practice
- the practice of law
- medical practice
- the practice of medicine
- optometry
- the practice of an optometrist
- line function, line duty
- activity contributing directly to the output of an organization
- dairying, dairy farming
- the business of a dairy
- homemaking
- the management of a houshold
- go-slow
- (British) a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers
- strike, work stoppage
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"
- walkout
- a strike in which the worker walk out
- sit-down, sit-down strike
- a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
- sympathy strike, sympathetic strike
- a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer
- contrapuntist
- a composer who specializes in counterpoint
- contadino
- an Italian farmer
- engineer, applied scientist, technologist
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
- ensign
- a person who holds a commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
- enologist, oenologist, fermentologist
- a specialist in wine making
- excavator
- a worker who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
- experimenter
- a research worker who conducts experiments
- finisher, stitcher
- a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
- naprapath
- a therapist who practices naprapathy
- nonworker
- a person who does nothing
- ticket agent, booking clerk
- someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
- abbe
- a French abbot
- abbess, mother superior, prioress
- the superior of a group of nuns
- abbot, archimandrite
- the superior of an abbey of monks
- able seaman, able-bodied seaman
- a seaman in the merchant navy; trained in special skills
- abortionist
- a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
- academic administrator
- an administrator in a college or university
- abstractionist, abstract artist
- a painter of abstract pictures
- academician, academic, faculty member
- an educator who works at a college or university
- companion
- one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
- accountant, comptroller, controller
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- accompanist, accompanyist
- a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
- account executive, account representative, registered representative, customer's broker, customer's man
- someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
- acoustician
- a physicist who specializes in acoustics
- actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
- a theatrical performer
- actor's agent, theatrical agent
- a business agent for an actor
- actress
- a female actor
- adjuster, adjustor, claims adjuster, claims adjustor, claim agent
- one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
- adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp
- an officer who acts as military assistant
- adjutant general
- a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
- administrator, executive
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- admiral, full admiral
- the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
- administrator, decision maker
- someone who administers a business
- director, manager, managing director
- someone who controls resources and expenditures
- advertiser, adman
- someone whose business is advertising
- aeronautical engineer
- an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft
- advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law
- a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- aerospace engineer
- an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles
- agent, factor, broker
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- business agent
- an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers
- agent
- acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- literary agent
- an agent who represents an author is dealings with publishers
- agent provocateur
- a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
- agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer
- a person who tills the soil for a living
- agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- aircraftsman, aircraftman
- a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
- agronomist
- an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- aide, auxiliary
- someone who acts as assistant
- aircrewman
- a member of an aircrew
- air force officer, commander
- an officer in the airforce
- alchemist
- one who was versed in the practice of alchemy
- alienist
- a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- algebraist
- a mathematician whose specialty is algebra
- allergist
- a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies
- alpinist
- a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
- almoner, medical social worker
- an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
- ambassador, embassador
- a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- ambulance chaser
- a lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
- ambassadress
- a woman ambassador
- analyst, psychoanalyst
- a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- market strategist
- someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns
- industry analyst
- an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry
- oil-industry analyst
- an analyst of the oil industry
- intelligence analyst
- a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy
- market analyst
- an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)
- anchor, anchorman, anchorperson
- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- anatomist
- an expert in anatomy
- anesthesiologist, anesthetist, anaesthetist
- a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
- angiologist
- a physician who specializes in angiology
- radio announcer
- an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio
- announcer
- reads news, commercials on radio or television
- sports announcer, sportscaster
- an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
- tv announcer, television announcer
- an announcer on television
- anthropologist
- a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
- antiquary, antiquarian
- an expert or collector of antiquities
- apprentice, learner, prentice
- works for an expert to learn a trade
- appraiser, valuator
- one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
- valuer
- (Brit) someone who asses the monetary worth of possessions
- appraiser
- one who determines the authenticity of works of art
- Arabist
- a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
- arbitrageur, arbitrager, arb
- someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- archeologist, archaeologist
- an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
- archdeacon
- (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
- archbishop
- a bishop of highest rank
- architect, designer
- someone who creates plans for buildings
- archivist
- a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives
- archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate
- a senior clergyman
- arithmetician
- someone who specializes in arithmetic
- army engineer, military engineer
- a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
- armorer, armourer, artificer
- an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
- army officer
- an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer"
- arranger, adapter
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- arrowsmith
- a maker of arrows
- art director
- the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)
- art dealer
- a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
- illustrator
- an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
- art editor
- a editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter
- art historian
- a historian of art
- artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner
- a serviceman in the artillery
- artiste
- a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- artist's model
- a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
- art teacher
- someone who teaches art
- assistant professor
- a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor
- astrologer, astrologist
- someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
- associate professor
- a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
- astrophysicist
- an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
- astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut
- a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"
- astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
- a physicist who studies astronomy
- cosmographer, cosmographist
- a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography
- cosmologist
- an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe
- attache
- a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
- attorney general
- the chief law officer of a country or state
- augur, auspex
- (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- auditor
- someone who audits accounts
- au pair
- a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
- au pair girl
- a foreign girl serving as an au pair
- authoress
- a woman author
- automobile mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic, grease monkey
- someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
- automotive engineer
- an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles
- aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
- someone who operates and aircraft
- aviatrix, airwoman, aviatress
- a woman aviator
- ayah
- an Indian nursemaid who looks after children
- baas
- S African term for `boss'
- baby farmer
- someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee
- baby doctor, pediatrician, pediatrist, paediatrician
- a specialist in the care of babies
- babyminder, minder
- a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working
- babysitter, sitter
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- bacchant
- (Greek & Roman mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
- bacchante
- (Greek & Roman mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
- back judge
- a football official
- bacteriologist
- a biologist who studies bacteria
- baggageman
- an attendant who takes care of baggage
- bailiff
- an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
- ball boy
- a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
- baker
- someone who bakes commercially
- ballet dancer
- a dancer who is a member of a ballet company
- ballerina, danseuse
- a female ballet dancer
- banderillero
- the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
- ballplayer, baseball player
- an athlete who plays baseball
- bullfighter, toreador
- someone who fights bulls
- matador
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
- picador
- the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low
- torero
- a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight
- bank commissioner
- a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks
- barber
- a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- banker
- someone who owns or is an executive in a bank
- bank examiner
- an official appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
- bank guard
- a security guard at a bank
- barker
- someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
- barnstormer, stunt flier, stunt pilot
- a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting
- barmaid
- a female bartender
- barnstormer, playactor, trouper
- an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
- baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron"
- barrister
- a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law
- bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist
- an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
- baseball coach
- a coach of baseball players
- basileus
- a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
- basketball coach
- a coach of basketball players
- basketball player, basketeer, cager
- an athlete who plays basketball
- basketweaver, basketmaker
- someone skilled in weaving baskets
- bassoonist
- a musician who plays the bassoon
- batman
- an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
- batting coach
- someone who teaches batters how to bat better
- beadle
- a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
- beadsman, bedesman
- a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
- beautician, cosmetician
- someone who works in a beauty parlor
- beauty consultant
- someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance
- beekeeper, apiarist, apiculturist
- a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
- beggar, mendicant
- a pauper who lives by begging
- beggarman
- a man who is a beggar
- beggarwoman
- a woman who is a beggar
- bellboy, bellman, bellhop
- someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
- bell captain
- the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
- bell founder
- a person who casts metal bells
- bell ringer
- someone who plays musical handbells
- belt maker
- a maker of belts
- bey
- the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
- bibliographer
- someone trained in compiling bibliographies
- B-girl, bar girl
- a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
- bibliopole, bibliopolist
- a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
- bibliotist
- someone who engages in bibliotics
- bill poster, bill sticker
- someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
- biochemist
- someone with special training in biochemistry
- biologist, life scientist
- a scientist who studies living organisms
- biophysicist
- a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology
- bishop
- a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches (Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic) to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
- blacksmith
- a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy
- a serviceman in the navy
- boatbuilder
- a person who builds boats
- boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
- bobby
- an informal term for a British policeman
- boffin
- (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
- bodyguard, escort
- someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- body servant
- a valet or personal maid
- Bohemian
- a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
- bombardier
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- bombardier
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- bond servant
- someone bound to labor without wages
- bookbinder
- a worker whose trade is binding books
- bonesetter
- someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- book agent
- a book salesman
- bookdealer, book seller
- a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
- bookkeeper
- someone who records the transactions of a business
- booker, booking agent
- someone who engages a person or company for performances
- bookmaker, bookie
- a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
- bookmaker
- a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
- bookseller
- the proprietor of a bookstore
- bootblack, shoeblack
- a person who polishes shoes and boots
- bootlegger, moonshiner
- someone who makes and sells illegal liquor
- bootmaker, boot maker
- a maker of boots
- border patrolman
- someone who patrols the borders of a country
- botanist, phytologist, plant scientist
- a biologist specializing in the study of plants
- bouncer, chucker-out
- a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
- brainworker
- someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems
- brakeman
- a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
- brass hat
- a high-ranking military officer
- breaker, ledgeman
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- breeder, stock breeder
- a person who breeds animals
- brewer
- the owner or manager of a brewery
- brewer, beer maker
- someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- bricklayer
- a craftsman skilled in building with bricks
- brigadier, brigadier general
- a general officer ranking below a major general
- broadcaster
- someone who broadcasts on radio or television
- Brother
- (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
- builder, developer, constructor
- someone who contracts for and supervises the construction of a building
- bunny, bunny girl
- a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears
- bureaucrat, administrative official
- an official of a bureaucracy
- burgomaster
- a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
- burgrave
- the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
- bursar
- the treasurer at a college or university
- busboy, waiter's assistant
- a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
- business editor
- the newspaper editor responsible for business news
- bushwhacker
- a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
- businessperson, bourgeois
- engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- businessman, man of affairs
- a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
- businesswoman
- a female businessman
- business traveler
- a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for
- busker
- a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing)
- busman, bus driver
- someone who drives a bus
- butcher, slaughterer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- butcher, meatman
- a retailer of meat
- butler, pantryman
- a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
- cabin boy
- a young man acting as a servant on a ship
- cabinetmaker
- a woodworker who specializes in making furniture
- cabinet minister
- a person who is a member of the cabinet
- caddie, golf caddie
- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
- caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif
- the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; a successor of Muhammad
- call girl
- a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
- cameraman, cinematographer
- a photographer who operates a movie camera
- campaigner, candidate, nominee
- a politician who is running for public office
- candlemaker
- a person who makes or sells candles
- cantor, hazan
- the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
- captain, head waiter, maitre d'hotel
- a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- captain, skipper
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- captain, senior pilot
- the pilot ins charge of an airship
- captain, police captain, police chief
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- captain
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- cardinal
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- carabineer, carabinier
- a soldier whose rifle is a carbine
- cardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeon
- a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
- cardsharp, cardsharper
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- career girl
- a woman who follows a professional career
- career man
- a man who follows a professional career
- careerist
- a professional who follows a career
- caretaker
- a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
- caretaker
- an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
- carhop
- a waiter at a drive-in restaurant
- carpenter
- a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
- carpet knight
- a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
- carrier, bearer, toter
- someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
- carrier, newsboy
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- cartwright
- a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
- carter
- someone whose work is driving carts
- cartographer, map maker
- a person who makes maps
- cartoonist
- a person who draws cartoons
- cataloger, cataloguer
- a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system
- caterer
- someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
- cattleman, cow man, beef man
- a man who raises (or tends) cattle
- cavalryman
- a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his horse"
- cavalryman, trooper
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- censor
- a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
- census taker
- someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
- certified public accountant, CPA
- an accountant certified by the state
- centurion
- (in ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
- chamberlain
- an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
- chairman of the board
- the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
- chamberlain
- the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- chambermaid, fille de chambre
- a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
- chancellor, premier, prime minister
- the person who is head of state (in several countries)
- chancellor
- (British) the honorary or titular head of a university
- chandler
- a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
- chandler
- a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
- wax-chandler
- one who deals in wax candles
- chaplain
- a clergyman ministering to some institution
- chapman
- archaic term for an itinerant peddler
- military chaplain, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot
- a chaplain in one of the military services
- hospital chaplain
- a chaplain in a hospital
- chauffeur
- a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- military governor
- the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
- prison chaplain
- a chaplain in a prison
- chauffeuse
- a woman chauffeur
- charcoal burner
- a worker whose job is to make charcoal
- character actor
- an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
- charge of quarters
- an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
- charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
- a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"
- charioteer
- the driver of a chariot
- chartered accountant
- a British accountant who is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
- chatelaine
- the mistress of a chateau or large country house
- checker
- an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- cheerleader
- someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
- check girl, hatcheck girl
- a female checker
- chemist
- a scientist who specializes in chemistry
- chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- chiropractor
- a therapist who practices chiropractic
- chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- choirmaster, precentor, cantor
- the musical director of a choir
- choreographer
- someone who creates new dances (and may teach choreography)
- chorus girl, showgirl, chorine
- a woman who dances in a chorus line
- cicerone
- a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
- church officer
- a church official
- city father
- an important municipal official
- city man
- a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
- civil engineer
- an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
- classifier
- a person who creates classifications
- cleaner
- someone whose occupation is cleaning
- cleaner, dry cleaner
- the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
- clerk
- an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
- clinician
- a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
- cloakmaker, furrier
- someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- clocksmith, clockmaker
- someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
- clothier, haberdasher
- a merchant who sells men's clothing
- coach, private instructor, tutor
- a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)
- line coach
- an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen
- coach, manager, handler
- someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
- pitching coach
- an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers
- coachman
- a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
- coachbuilder
- a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles
- coalman
- someone who delivers coal
- coal miner, collier, pitman
- someone who works in a coal mine
- coastguardsman
- a member of a coastguard
- cobbler, shoemaker
- a person who makes or repairs shoes
- coiner
- (British) a maker of counterfeit coins
- coiffeur
- a man hairdresser
- coiffeuse
- a woman hairdresser
- collector, gatherer, accumulator
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- comedian, comic
- a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts
- columnist, editorialist
- a journalist who writes editorials
- comedienne
- a female comedian
- commando, ranger
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- commentator, reviewer
- a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
- commercial artist
- an illustrator who is supported by advertising
- commissionaire
- (British) a uniformed doorman
- commissioner
- a government administrator
- compere
- British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
- company operator
- an operator who works for a company
- compositor, typesetter, typographer
- one who sets written material into type
- composer
- composes music as a profession
- computer scientist
- a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers
- concessionaire, concessioner
- someone who holds or operates a concession
- concierge
- a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- conductor, music director, director
- the person who leads a musical group
- conductor
- the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
- conditioner
- a trainer of athletes
- conductress
- a woman conductor
- confectioner, candymaker
- someone who makes candies and other sweets
- confessor
- a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
- rep
- informal abbreviation of `representative'
- connection
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- cowboy, rodeo rider
- a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
- constable
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- contact, middleman
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
- contractor
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- conveyancer
- a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveyancing properties
- cooper, barrel maker
- a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
- chef
- a professional cook
- cookie, cooky
- the cook on a ranch or at a camp
- coppersmith
- someone who makes articles from copper
- coordinator
- someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
- copilot
- a relief pilot on an airplane
- copy editor, copyreader, text editor
- an editor who prepares text for publication
- copyist, scribe, scrivener
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- copywriter
- a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
- cordon bleu
- a chef famous for his great skill
- cornhusker
- a worker who husks corn
- corporate executive, business executive
- an executive in a business corporation
- correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman
- a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- cosmetician
- someone who sells or applies cosmetics
- corsair, Barbary pirate
- a pirate along the Barbary coast
- cost accountant
- a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
- cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon
- a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)
- costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy
- a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
- costumier, costume designer
- someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
- cotter, cottar
- a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
- cotter, cottier
- a medieval English villein
- counselor, counsellor
- someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
- counterman
- someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)
- counterspy, mole
- a spy who works against enemy espionage
- country doctor
- a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; "do country doctors still make house calls?"
- county agent, agricultural agent, extension agent
- an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
- courtier
- an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- coureur de bois
- a French Canadian trapper
- cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd
- a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- couturier, fashion designer, clothes designer, designer
- someone who designs clothing
- vaquero, buckaroo
- local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in SW and C Texas; `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
- ranch hand
- a hired had on a ranch
- cowgirl
- a woman cowboy
- craftsman, crafter
- a creator of great skill in the manual arts; "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen"
- craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer
- a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
- craftsman
- a professional whose work is consistently of high quality; "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman"
- crammer
- a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
- crier
- a shouter who advertises the goods they sell
- crimp, crimper
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- critic
- a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- crossing guard
- someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing
- croupier
- someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- cultural attache
- an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters
- cupbearer
- the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- custodian, keeper, steward
- one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- curator, conservator
- the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- customer agent
- a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale
- cutter
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- cutler
- a dealer in cutlery
- dairymaid, milkmaid
- a woman who works in a dairy
- dairyman
- a man who works in a diary
- dairyman, dairy farmer
- the owner or manager of a dairy
- day laborer, day labourer
- a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
- dealer
- the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
- defense attorney, defense lawyer
- the lawyer representing the defendant
- defense contractor
- a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
- deliveryman, delivery boy
- someone employed to make deliveries
- demographer, demographist, population scientist
- a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics
- demonstrator
- a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
- demonstrator, sales demonstrator
- someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
- dental hygienist
- someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
- dental assistant
- an assistant to a dentist
- dental surgeon
- a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures
- dental technician, denturist
- someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)
- dentist, tooth doctor, dental practitioner
- a person qualified to practice dentistry
- dermatologist, skin doctor
- a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
- desk officer
- a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
- desk clerk, hotel desk clerk, hotel clerk
- a hotel receptionist
- desk sergeant, deskman, station keeper
- the police sergeant on duty in a police station
- detective, investigator, tec, police detective
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- detective
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- diagnostician, pathologist
- a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
- dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw
- (informal) someone who is a detective
- dietician, dietitian, nutritionist
- a specialist in the study of nutrition
- diemaker, diesinker
- someone who makes dies
- digger
- a laborer who digs
- dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
- someone employed to provide service in a dining room
- diplomat, diplomatist
- an official engaged in international negotiations
- director
- member of a board of directors
- disk jockey, disc jockey, dj
- a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
- dishwasher
- someone who washes dishes
- dispatch rider
- a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle)
- distiller
- someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- district attorney, DA
- an official prosecutor for a judicial district
- distributor
- someone who markets merchandise
- district manager
- a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district
- ditch digger, mud digger
- a laborer who digs ditches
- divorce lawyer
- a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
- doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
- a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
- dog catcher
- an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats
- dominus, dominie, domine, dominee
- a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
- domestic, domestic help, house servant
- a household servant
- doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper
- someone who guards the entrance to a building
- double agent
- a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
- dragoman
- an interpreter and guide in the Near East
- draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson
- a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
- draper
- a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
- drama critic, theater critic
- a critic of theatrical performances
- dramatist, playwright
- someone who writes plays
- dresser, actor's assistant
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress
- someone who makes or mends dresses
- dressmaker's model
- someone who models dresses
- drill master, drill instructor
- a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
- drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
- a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- ear doctor, ear specialist, otologist
- a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
- earner, wage earner
- someone who earn wages in return for their labor
- ecologist
- a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
- econometrician
- an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods
- edger
- a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
- editor
- a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication
- subeditor
- an assistant editor
- educator, pedagogue
- someone who educates
- electrical engineer
- a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
- electrocutioner
- an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person
- electrician, lineman, linesman
- a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
- electrologist
- someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots
- elevator girl
- a girl employed to operate an elevator
- electrotherapist
- someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity
- elevator man, elevator boy, liftman
- a man employed to operate and elevator; "in England they call an elevator man a liftman"
- elevator operator
- an operator of an elevator
- embalmer
- a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- embroiderer
- someone who ornaments with needlework
- embroideress
- a woman embroiderer
- employee
- a worker who is hired to perform a job
- employment agent
- someone who runs an employment agency
- encyclopedist, compiler
- a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
- endodontist
- a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve
- engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver
- the operator of a railway locomotive
- engraver
- a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
- English teacher, English professor
- someone who teaches English
- engraver
- a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
- enlisted man
- a male enlisted person in the armed forces
- ENT man, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist
- a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
- entomologist, bugologist, bug-hunter
- a zoologist who studies insects
- epidemiologist
- a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases
- equerry
- an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
- equerry
- a personal attendant of the British royal family
- escort
- an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
- espionage agent
- someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
- esquire
- (in medieval England) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- ethnographer
- an anthropologist who does ethnography
- ethnologist
- an anthropologist who studies ethnology
- ethologist
- a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
- etiologist, aetiologist
- a specialist in the etiology of diseases
- etymologist
- a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
- event planner
- someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
- exchanger, money changer
- one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country
- executive secretary
- a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
- executioner, public executioner
- an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
- executive, executive director
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- executive vice president
- a vice president holding executive power
- exodontist
- a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth
- exporter
- a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
- exterminator, terminator, eradicator
- someone who exterminates; someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects
- extern, medical extern
- a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
- factotum
- a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
- familiar
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- family doctor
- a general practitioner who treats all the family members
- farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
- a person who operates a farm
- farmerette
- a woman working on a farm
- farmhand, fieldhand, farm worker
- a hired hand on a farm
- farrier, horseshoer
- a person who shoes horses
- fashion consultant, fashionmonger
- someone who advises you about fashionable clothing
- Father, Padre
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- fellah
- an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
- fence
- (informal) a dealer in stolen property
- ferryman
- a man who operates a ferry
- fighter pilot
- a military or naval pilot of fighter planes
- file clerk, filing clerk, filer
- a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
- film star, movie star
- a star who plays leading roles in the cinema
- film maker, film producer, movie maker
- a producer of motion pictures
- fieldworker
- a researcher who works in the field
- fireman, forefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater
- a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
- fire marshall
- an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
- fire watcher
- (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
- fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger
- an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
- fisherman, fisher
- someone whose occupation is catching fish
- fitter
- someone who fits a garment to a particular person
- fishmonger, fishwife
- someone who sells fish
- flag captain
- the captain of a flagship
- flatfoot, patrolman
- a policeman who patrols a given region
- flight surgeon
- a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine
- flight engineer
- the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight
- floorwalker, shopwalker
- an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in England"
- florist
- someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
- flower girl
- a woman who sells flowers in the street
- footman
- a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
- foreign agent
- a spy for a foreign country
- foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
- a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
- forewoman
- a woman in charge of a group of workers
- founder
- a worker who makes metal castings
- free agent
- (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
- freelance, independent, self-employed person
- a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- freight agent
- an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods
- French teacher
- someone who teaches French
- fry cook
- a cook who specializes in fried foods
- fruiterer
- (British) a person who sells fruit
- fuller
- a worker who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
- full professor
- a professor of the highest rank
- gaffer
- an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- gagman, gagster, gagwriter
- someone who writes comic material for public performers
- gagman, standup comedian
- a comedian who uses gags
- galley slave
- a slave condemned to row in a galley
- gamekeeper, game warden
- a person employed to take care of game and wildlife
- games-master, games-mistress
- the teacher in charge of games at a school
- gandy dancer
- a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
- garbage man, garbage collector, refuse collector, dustman
- someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- ganger
- the foreman of a work gang
- gangster, mobster
- a criminal who is a member of gang
- gardener
- someone employed to work in a garden
- garment cutter
- someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments
- garmentmaker, garmentworker, garment worker
- a person who makes garments
- gas fitter
- a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
- gaucho
- a cowboy of the South American pampas
- gasman
- someone employed by a gas company
- gem cutter
- one who cuts and shapes precious stones
- gendarme
- a French policeman
- general practitioner, GP
- a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
- geneticist
- a scientist who specializes in genetics
- geometer, geometrician
- a mathematician specializing in geometry
- geographer
- an expert on geography
- geologist, geophysicist
- a specialist in geology
- geometry teacher
- someone who teaches geometry
- gerontologist, geriatrician
- a specialist in gerontology
- gilder
- someone whose occupation is apply an overlay of gold or gilt
- gillie
- a young male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief
- girl Friday
- a female assistant who has a range of duties
- gladiator
- (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
- glassblower
- someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass
- glasscutter
- someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
- glasscutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer
- someone who cuts flat glass to size
- glassmaker
- some who makes glass
- gleaner
- someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
- G-man, FBI agent, government man
- a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- government agent
- a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
- goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper
- the hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- goatherder, goatherd
- a person who tends a flock of goats
- goldbeater
- an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf
- goldsmith, goldworker
- an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
- gold miner, gold digger, gold panner
- a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
- golf pro, professional golfer
- someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf
- gondolier, gondoliere
- a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
- gossip columnist
- a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities
- Gothic romancer
- a writer of Gothic romances
- governess
- a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
- grammarian, syntactician
- a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
- graphologist, handwriting expert
- a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
- gravedigger
- a person who earns a living by digging graves
- graverobber, ghoul, body snatcher
- someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
- grazier
- a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- graverobber
- someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
- greengrocer
- a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
- greenskeeper
- (golf) someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
- grocer
- a merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
- grocery boy
- a delivery boy for groceries
- groundsman, groundskeeper
- someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
- guard
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- prison guard, jailer, gaoler, screw, turnkey
- someone who guards prisoners
- gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, hit man, torpedo, shooter
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- gunrunner, arms-runner
- a smuggler of guns
- gunsmith
- someone who makes or repairs guns
- gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor
- a specialist in gynecology
- hairdresser, hairstylist, stylist
- someone who cuts or beautifies hair
- hangman
- an executioner who hangs the condemned person
- animal trainer, handler
- one who trains or exhibits animals
- handmaid, handmaiden
- a personal maid or female attendant
- harvester, reaper
- someone who helps to gather the harvest
- hatchet man, iceman
- a professional killer
- hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste
- someone who makes and sells hats
- hauler, haulier
- a haulage contractor
- headhunter
- (informal) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- headsman, headman
- an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- health professional, health care provider, caregiver
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
- hematologist, haematologist
- a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
- herbalist, herb doctor
- a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
- herder, herdsman, drover
- someone who drives a herd
- herpetologist
- a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
- highway engineer
- a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways
- hired hand, hand, hired man
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
- hireling, pensionary
- a person who works only for money
- hod carrier, hodman
- a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
- homebuilder, housebuilder
- someone who builds houses as a business
- homeopath, homoeopath
- a practitioner of homeopathy
- horseman, horse fancier
- a person who breeds and cares for horses
- hoofer
- a professional dancer
- horse doctor
- a veterinarian who treats horses
- horse wrangler, wrangler
- a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
- horticulturist
- an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- hosier
- a tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear)
- host, innkeeper
- the owner or manager of an inn
- hostess
- a woman innkeeper
- hotel detective, house detective, house dick
- a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
- hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller
- an owner or manager of hotels
- housekeeper
- a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- housemaster
- teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- house painter
- a painter of houses a similar buildings
- housemother
- a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- house physician, resident, resident physician
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- huckster, hawker, tout, cheap-jack
- a seller of shoddy goods
- huckster
- a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
- iceman
- someone who cuts and delivers ice
- ichthyologist
- a zoologist who studies fishes
- immunologist, serologist
- a specialist in immunology
- importer
- someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
- incumbent, officeholder
- the official who holds an office
- indexer
- someone who provides an index
- industrialist
- someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
- infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger
- fights on foot with small arms
- informer, betrayer, rat, squealer
- one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- inquiry agent
- (British) a private detective
- instructress
- a woman instructor
- insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent
- an agent who sells insurance
- interior designer, designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator, decorator
- a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
- intern, interne, internist, houseman, medical intern
- an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
- investment adviser, investment advisor
- someone who advises others how to invest their money
- investment banker, underwriter
- a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
- ironmonger, hardwareman
- someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
- ironworker
- a person who makes articles of iron
- janitor
- someone employed to clean and maintain a building
- jerry-builder
- someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit
- jester, fool
- a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
- jeweler, jeweller
- someone in the business of selling jewelry
- jewelry maker, jeweler, jeweller
- someone who makes jewelry
- jobber, middleman, wholesaler
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- jobholder
- an employee who has a regular job
- jockey
- someone employed to ride horses in horse races
- joiner
- a cabinetmaker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
- journalist
- a writer for newspapers and magazines
- kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher
- someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
- knacker
- someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
- knacker
- someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
- laborer, manual laborer, labourer
- someone who works with their hands
- lackey, flunky, flunkey
- a male servant (especially a footman)
- lady's maid
- a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
- lama
- a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
- lamplighter
- (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
- landlubber, lubber, landsman
- an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- land agent
- (British) a person who administers a landed estate
- landlord, landlady
- a landowner whose leases to others
- landscape architect, landscape gardener
- someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively
- lapidary, lapidist
- a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
- lapidary, lapidarist
- an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
- larcenist, larcener
- a person who commits larceny
- lasher
- a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
- lascar
- an East Indian sailor
- lather
- a workman who puts up laths
- law agent
- a solicitor holding a certificate from the Law Society of Scotland
- lawman, law officer, peace officer
- an officer of the law
- lawyer, attorney
- a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
- lector, lecturer, reader
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- lecturer
- someone who lectures professionally
- legionnaire, legionary
- a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
- lender, loaner
- someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
- legislator
- someone who makes or enacts laws
- lepidopterist, butterfly collector
- an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
- lexicographer, lexicologist
- a compiler or writer of a dictionary
- librarian, bibliothec
- a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
- licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse
- a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
- lifeguard, lifesaver
- an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
- lighterman, bargeman, bargee
- someone who operates a barge
- lighthouse keeper
- the keeper of a lighthouse
- linendraper
- (British) a retail dealer in yard goods
- line officer
- a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
- linesman
- the official (in tennis or soccer) who watches the lines
- line worker
- an employee who works on an assembly line
- linkboy, linkman
- (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
- linguist, linguistic scientist
- a specialist in linguistics
- lion-hunter
- someone who hunts lions
- lithographer
- a printmaker who uses lithography
- lobbyist
- someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills they favor
- liveryman
- a worker in a livery stable
- lobsterman
- a person whose occupation is catching lobsters
- locator
- a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
- lockmaster, lockman, lockkeeper
- a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
- locum tenens, locum
- someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- locksmith
- someone who makes or repairs locks
- logger
- a lumberman who cuts logs into lengths after the trees have been felled
- longbowman
- a medieval English archer who used a longbow
- lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, scout, picket
- a person employed to watch for something to happen
- lumberman, lumberjack, timberman
- a person works at lumbering
- lyricist
- a person who writes the words for songs
- machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic
- a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
- madam, brothel keeper
- a woman who runs a house of prostitution
- mahout
- (India) the driver and keeper of an elephant
- maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
- a female domestic
- mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
- a man who delivers the mail
- major-domo, seneschal
- the chief steward or butler of a great household
- maltster, maltman
- a maker of malt
- management consultant
- adviser to business about efficient management practices
- manageress
- a woman manager
- mandarin
- any high government official or bureaucrat
- manicurist
- a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
- man-at-arms
- a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times
- manservant
- a man servant
- manufacturer, producer
- someone who manufactures something
- marine engineer, naval engineer
- an officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
- mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
- a man who serves as a sailor
- marshal, marshall
- (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
- marshal, marshall
- a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- mason, stonecutter, stonemason
- a craftsman who works with stone or brick
- mate, first mate
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- math teacher, mathematics teacher
- someone who teaches mathematics
- matron, head nurse
- a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
- matron
- a wardress in a prison
- media consultant, medai guru
- someone who advises about the use of communication media
- medical assistant
- a person trained to assist medical professionals
- medical officer, medic
- a medical practitioner in the armed forces
- medical scientist
- a scientist who studies disease processes
- medical practitioner, medical man
- someone who practices medicine
- menial, dogsbody
- a domestic servant
- mercenary, soldier of fortune
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- mercer
- (British) a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
- merchant, merchandiser
- a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- metallurgist, metallurgical engineer
- an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
- meteorologist
- studies processes in earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
- midinette
- a Parisian salesgirl
- midwife, accoucheuse
- a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
- military attache
- an attache who is a specialist in military matters
- military policeman, MP
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
- mill agent
- the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership
- militiaman
- a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
- milkman
- someone who delivers milk
- miller
- someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
- milliner
- a merchant who designs and sells hats
- mill-girl
- a girl who works in a mill
- mill-hand, factory worker
- a worker in a mill or factory
- millwright
- a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
- miner, mineworker
- laborer who works in a mine
- mineralogist
- a scientist trained in mineralogy
- mining engineer
- an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines
- ministrant
- someone who serves as a minister
- minstrel
- a performer in a minstrel show
- moralist
- a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
- mortician, undertaker, funeral director
- one whose business is the management of funerals
- motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop
- a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
- motorman
- the operator of streetcar
- mountebank, charlatan
- a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
- mouthpiece, mouth
- (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- mover
- someone who works for a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"
- muffin man
- (British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
- muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver
- a worker who drives mules
- musician
- composes or conducts music as a profession
- muscleman
- a bully employed by a gangster
- music critic
- a critic of musical performances
- musician, instrumentalist, player
- someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
- music teacher
- someone who teaches music
- musketeer
- a foot soldier armed with a musket
- mycologist
- a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi
- mythologist
- an expert on mythology
- nanny, nursemaid, nurse
- a woman who is the custodian of children
- nark, copper's nark
- (British) an informer or spy working for the police
- narc, nark, narcotics agent
- a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
- naturalist, natural scientist
- a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
- naturopath
- a therapist who practices naturopathy
- nautch girl
- a professional dancing girl in India
- needleworker
- someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
- neurosurgeon, brain surgeon
- someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
- neurologist, brain doctor
- a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
- newspaper columnist
- a columnist who writes for newspapers
- newsagent, newsdealer, newsvendor, newsstand operator
- someone who sells newspapers
- newscaster
- someone who broadcasts the news
- newspaper editor
- the editor of a newspaper
- newspaper critic
- a critic who writes a column for the newspapers
- night watchman
- a watchman who works during the night
- night porter
- a porter on duty during the night
- novelist
- someone who writes novels
- number theorist
- a mathematician specializing in number theory
- nursing aide, nurse's aide
- someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
- nurse
- one skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- obstetrician, accoucheur
- a physician specializing in obstetrics
- oceanographer
- a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
- office boy
- a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
- oilman
- a worker who produces or sells petroleum
- oilman
- a person who owns or operates oil wells
- oil tycoon
- a powerful person in the oil business
- operator
- someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
- ophthalmologist, eye doctor, oculist
- a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye
- optician, lens maker
- a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
- optometrist, oculist
- a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
- orchestrator
- an arranger who writes for orchestras
- orderly, hospital attendant
- a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties
- orderly
- a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
- organ-grinder
- a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
- orientalist
- a specialist in oriental subjects
- orthopedist
- a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- ornithologist, bird watcher
- a zoologist who studies birds
- orthodontist
- a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
- osteopath, osteopathist
- a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
- outfitter
- someone who provides outfits
- owner, proprietor
- someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
- packer, bagger, boxer
- a worker who packs things into containers
- padrone
- an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
- page, varlet
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
- page, pageboy
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- painter
- a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
- paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist
- a specialist in paleontology
- panhandler
- a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- paperboy
- a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- paperhanger, paperer
- one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
- paragrapher
- a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
- paralegal, legal assistant
- a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
- paramedic
- a person trained to assist medical professionals and to given emergency medical treatment
- paraprofessional
- a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
- parapsychologist
- someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- pardoner
- a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
- paratrooper, para
- a soldier in the paratroops
- parlormaid, parlourmaid
- a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
- party girl
- an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men
- pastry cook
- a chef who specializes in pastry
- patron, patronne
- (Italian) the proprietor of an inn
- patroness
- a woman who is a patron
- patternmaker
- someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)
- pawnbroker
- a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
- paymaster
- a person in charge of paying wages
- pearl diver, pearler
- a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
- peddler, pedlar
- someone who travels about selling his wares
- pedodontist
- a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
- peeler
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- penologist
- a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
- penpusher, pencil pusher
- a clerk who does boring paperwork
- perfumer
- a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
- periodontist
- a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
- personal representative
- a person who manages the affairs of another
- petroleum geologist, oil geologist
- a specialist in petroleum geology
- pharmacologist, pharmaceutical chemist
- someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)
- pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller
- a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
- philologist, philologue
- a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
- philosopher
- a specialist in philosophy
- photographer
- someone who takes photographs professionally
- phonetician
- a specialist in phonetics
- phonologist
- a specialist in phonology
- photographer's model
- a model who poses for photographers
- physiologist
- a biologist specializing in physiology
- physical therapist, physioltherapist
- a therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder
- physicist
- a scientist trained in physics
- piano teacher
- someone who teaches students to play the piano
- picker
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- pickpocket, cutpurse, dip
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- plainclothesman
- a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- planter, plantation owner
- the owner or manager of a plantation
- plasterer
- a worker skilled in applying plaster
- platelayer, tracklayer
- a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
- plowboy, ploughboy
- a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- plotter, mapper
- a clerk who marks data on a chart
- plowwright, ploughwright
- a workman who makes and repairs plows
- plowman, ploughman
- a man who plows
- plumber, pipe fitter
- a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- political scientist
- a social scientist specializing in the study of government
- pollster, poll taker, headcounter
- someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
- pork butcher
- (British) a vendor of pork and products made from pork
- pornographer, porn merchant
- someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
- porter, redcap, Pullman porter
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
- porter
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- portwatcher
- a watchman on a wharf
- proprietress
- a woman proprietor
- postal clerk, mail clerk
- a clerk in a post office
- postilion, postillion
- someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
- postmaster
- the person in charge of a post office
- postmistress
- a woman postmaster
- potboy, potman
- (British) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
- pothunter
- someone who hunts for food (not for sport)
- poultryman, poulterer
- a dealer in poultry and poultry products
- powder monkey
- someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
- practitioner, practician
- someone who practices a learned profession
- power worker, power-station worker
- a worker at a power station
- preacher, preacher man, sermonizer
- someone who occupation is preaching the gospel
- preceptor, don
- (British) teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
- press photographer
- a photographer who works for a newspaper
- press lord
- a powerful newspaper proprietor
- priestess
- a woman priest
- printer, pressman
- someone whose occupation is printing
- printer's devil
- an apprentice in a printing establishment
- printmaker, graphic artist
- an artist who designs and makes prints
- print seller
- someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
- private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, sherlock
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
- prizefighter, gladiator
- a professional boxer
- probability theorist
- a mathematician who specializes in probability theory
- probation officer
- the officer of the court who supervises probationers
- process-server
- someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant
- processor
- someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
- proctologist
- a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
- procurator
- (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman emperor to manage finance and taxes
- procuress
- a woman procurer
- professional, professional person
- a person engaged in one of the learned professions
- producer
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- professional, pro
- an athlete who plays for pay
- projectionist
- the person who operates the projector in a movie house
- prompter, theater prompter
- someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
- promulgator
- one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)
- proofreader
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- propagandist, agitprop
- a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- property man, propman, property master
- member of the stage crew in charge of properties
- prospector
- someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
- prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney
- a lawyer who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- protozoologist
- a zoologist who studies protozoans
- psephologist
- a sociologist who studies election trends
- psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- psychologist
- a scientist trained in psychology
- psychotherapist, clinical psychologist
- a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
- publican, tapster
- (British) the keeper of a public house
- public defender
- a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
- publicist, publicizer
- someone who publicizes
- publisher
- a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
- puddler
- a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- publisher
- the proprietor of a newspaper
- purchasing agent
- an agent who purchases goods or services for another
- purveyor
- someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
- pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug trafficker
- someone who sells illegal drugs
- quarryman, quarrier
- a man who works in a quarry
- stone cutter, cutter
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- racketeer
- some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- radiologist, radiotherapist
- a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
- radiographer
- a person who makes radiographs
- radiologic technologist
- a scientist trained in radiological technology
- rail-splitter
- a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
- rancher
- a person who owns or operates a ranch
- rat-catcher, disinfestation officer
- a person whose job is to destroy or drive away vermin
- reading teacher
- someone who teaches students to read
- realtor, real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent
- a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent"
- receptionist
- a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
- recruiter
- someone who gives advice about employment
- redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man
- someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
- refiner
- one whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a sugar refiner"
- refinisher, renovator, restorer, preserver
- a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish antique furniture
- registered nurse, RN
- a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
- registrar, record-keeper, recorder
- someone responsible for keeping records
- remover
- (British) someone who works for a moving company
- rent collector
- a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
- repairman, repairer, maintenance man, serviceman
- a worker whose job is to repair things
- rentier
- someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- reporter, newsman, newsperson
- a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
- newswoman
- a female newsperson
- research worker, researcher, investigator
- a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
- reservist
- a member of a military reserve
- retailer, retail merchant
- a merchant who sells goods at retail
- restaurateur, restauranter
- the proprietor of a restaurant
- rheumatologist
- a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases
- riding master
- someone who teaches horsemanship
- rifleman
- a soldier whose weapon is a rifle
- rigger
- someone who rigs; "he is an oil rigger"
- right-hand man, chief assistant, man Friday
- the most helpful assistant
- ringmaster
- the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
- ritualist
- a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
- riveter, rivetter
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- road builder
- someone whose business is to build roads
- roadman, road mender
- a worker who repairs roads
- rock star
- a famous singer of rock music
- roofer
- a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
- room clerk
- a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests
- ropewalker, ropedancer
- an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
- roundsman
- a worker who makes rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
- rumrunner
- someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
- runner
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
- rustler, cattle thief
- someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
- safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman
- a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- saddler
- a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- sailing master, navigator
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- salesperson
- a person employed to sell merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers that are visited)
- sailmaker
- a maker of sails
- salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk
- a salesperson in a store
- salesgirl, saleswoman, saleslady
- a woman salesperson
- salesman
- a man salesperson
- saloon keeper
- the proprietor of a saloon
- sandboy
- (British) a peddler of sand at a seashore resort; used now only to express great happiness in the expression "happy as a sandboy"
- sandwichman
- a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
- sapper
- a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
- sapper
- a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
- scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- sawyer
- one who is employed to saw wood
- sceneshifter
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
- schlockmeister, shlockmeister
- (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
- schoolmaster
- any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
- schoolmarm, schoolmistress, mistress
- a woman schoolteacher
- school superintendent
- the superintendent of a school system
- schoolteacher, school teacher
- a teacher in a school below the college level
- science teacher
- someone who teaches science
- scientist, man of science
- a person with advanced knowledge of one of more sciences
- scorer
- a logger who marks trees to be felled
- scout, talent scout
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- scourer
- someone who cleanses by scouring
- scout, pathfinder, guide
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- scriptwriter
- someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- screenwriter, film writer
- someone who writes screenplays
- scribe, scribbler, penman
- informal terms for journalists
- scrub nurse
- a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
- sculler
- someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- scullion
- a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- second
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
- a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
- secretary, secretarial assistant
- an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
- security consultant
- an adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries
- seedsman, seedman
- a dealer in seeds
- seismologist
- a scientist who studies earthquakes
- semanticist, semiotician
- a specialist in the study of linguistic meaning
- seller, vender, vendor, trafficker
- someone who exchanges goods or services for money
- selling agent
- someone who sells goods (on commission) for others
- semiprofessional, semipro
- an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
- sericulturist
- a producer of raw silk
- servant, retainer
- a person working in the service of another
- servant girl, serving girl
- a girl who is a servant
- servitor
- someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
- sewer
- someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
- sewing-machine operator
- someone who sews by operating a sewing machine
- shanghaier, seizer
- a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
- sharecropper, cropper, sharecrop farmer
- small farmers and tenants
- sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
- sheepman
- a man who raises (or tends) sheep
- ship broker
- an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
- ship-breaker
- a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
- shipbuilder
- a person who builds ships as a business
- ship chandler
- a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
- shipping clerk
- an employee who ships and receives goods
- shipper
- someone who ships goods
- shipping agent
- the agent of a shipowner
- ship's chandler
- a dealer in sails and ropes and other supplies for sailing ships
- shipwright
- a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- shirtmaker
- a maker of shirts
- shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper
- a merchant who owns or manages a shop
- shoofly
- (informal) an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- shop assistant
- an employee in a shop
- shop boy
- a young male shop assistant
- shop girl
- a young female shop assistant
- showman, promoter, impresario
- a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
- silversmith, silverworker
- someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
- skivvy, slavey
- (British) a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- slave driver
- a supervisor of slaves at work
- slave driver
- an employer who demands excessive work from the employees
- slaver, slave dealer, slave trader
- a person engaged in slave trade
- sleuth, sleuthhound
- a detective who follows a trail
- slopseller
- (British) a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
- small businessman
- a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
- small farmer
- a farmer on a small farm
- smith
- someone who works at something specified
- smith, metalworker
- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
- smuggler, runner, contrabandist, mooncurser
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- snatcher
- a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"
- snake charmer
- a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
- sneak thief, pilferer
- a thief who steals without using violence
- sob sister
- a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories
- social anthropologist
- an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
- social scientist
- someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships
- social secretary
- a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
- social worker, caseworker, welfare worker
- someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
- sociobiologist
- a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- sociolinguist
- a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- soda jerk, soda jerker
- someone who works at a soda fountain
- sociologist
- a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- solicitor general
- a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general
- soldier
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
- solicitor
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
- sommelier, wine waiter, wine steward
- a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
- soundman
- a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)
- space writer
- a writer paid by the area of the copy
- sower
- someone who sows
- speechwriter
- a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
- special agent
- someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform
- supernumerary, spear carrier, extra
- a minor actor in crowd scenes
- specialist, specializer
- an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
- specialist, medical specialist
- practices one branch of medicine
- speech therapist
- a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
- spin doctor
- a spokesperson for a political party or candidate who tries to forestall negative publicity
- spinner, spinster, thread maker
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
- spokesman
- a male spokesperson
- spokeswoman
- a female spokesperson
- sports writer
- a journalist who writes about sports
- sports editor
- the newspaper editor responsible for sports news
- sprayer
- a worker who applies spray to a surface
- spy, undercover agent
- a secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies
- stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler
- someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- stage director, director
- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- stagehand, stage technician
- an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
- stage manager, stager
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
- stamp dealer
- a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
- star, principal, lead
- an actor who plays a principal role
- starlet
- a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
- stationer, stationery seller
- a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
- stationmaster, station agent
- the person in charge of a railway station
- statistician, actuary
- someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
- statistician, mathematical statistician
- a mathematician who specializes in statistics
- steeplejack
- someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
- steelmaker, steelworker, steelman
- a worker engaged in amking steel
- stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist
- someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- steward
- someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
- steward, flight attendant
- an attendant on an airplane
- stewardess, air hostess, hostess
- a woman steward on an airplane
- stockbroker
- an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
- stockjobber
- (British) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
- stock trader
- someone who buys and sells stock shares
- stockist
- one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
- stockman, stock raiser, stock farmer
- farmer who breed or raises livestock
- stone breaker
- (British) someone who breaks up stone
- stoker, fireman
- a person who tends fires
- store detective
- a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage
- straight man
- a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
- straw boss, assistant foreman
- a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers
- street cleaner, street sweeper
- a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
- streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
- a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
- student teacher, practice teacher
- a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education
- double, stunt man, stunt woman
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clrak Gable"
- subcontractor
- someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
- submariner
- a member of the crew of a submarine
- supercargo
- an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
- superintendent, super
- a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- supervisor
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- supplier, provider
- someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
- surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones
- a physician who specializes in surgery
- surveyor
- an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
- surveyor
- someone who conducts a statistical survey
- sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner
- a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
- swineherd, pigman
- a herder or swine
- switchman
- a man who operates railroad switches
- tail, shadow
- a detective employed to follow someone and report their movements
- tailor, sartor
- a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- talking head
- a talker on tv who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
- talent agent
- an agent who represents performers
- tanner
- a craftsman who tans skins and hides
- tallyman, tally clerk
- one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
- tallyman
- (Brit) one who sells goods on the installment plan
- tamer
- one that tames animals
- tanker, tank driver
- a soldier who drives a tank
- taskmaster
- someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- taskmistress
- a woman taskmaster
- tax assessor, assessor
- an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
- taxi dancer
- a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
- tax collector, taxman, exciseman, collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent
- someone who collects taxes for the government
- taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hackdriver
- someone who drives a taxi for a living
- taxidermist, animal stuffer
- a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display
- teacher, instructor
- a person whose occupation is teaching
- catechist
- one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism
- teaching fellow
- a graduate student with teaching responsibilities
- teamster, trucker, truck driver
- someone who drives a truck as an occupation
- technician
- someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
- telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard operator
- someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
- television reporter, television newscaster, TV reporter, TV newsman
- someone who reports news stories via television
- televangelist
- an evangelist who conducts services on television
- teller, vote counter
- an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
- television star, TV star
- a star in a television show
- teller, cashier, bank clerk
- an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- temp, temporary worker
- a worker especially in an office hired on a temporary basis
- tenant farmer
- a farmer who works land owned by someone else
- tennis pro, professional tennis player
- someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis
- tennis coach
- a coach of tennis players
- tentmaker
- someone who makes or repairs tents
- territorial
- nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
- test pilot
- a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
- thatcher
- someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
- therapist, healer
- a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- thief
- a criminal who takes property belong to someone else with the intention of keeping it
- throwster
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
- ticket collector, ticket taker
- someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
- tinsmith
- someone who makes or repairs tinware
- timekeeper
- a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
- tipster, tout
- one who sells advice about gambling or speculation
- tobbaconist
- a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco related articles
- tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, tolltaker, toll agent, toller
- someone employed to collect tolls
- toolmaker
- someone skilled in making or repairing tools
- top banana
- the leading comedian in a burlesque show
- toxicologist
- one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
- trader, bargainer, dealer, monger
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- traffic cop
- a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
- tragedian
- a writer (especially a playwright) who writes
- tragedian
- one who specializes in tragic roles
- tragedienne
- an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- trail boss
- the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle
- trainman, railroader, railroad man, railwayman, railway man
- an employee of a railroad
- trapper
- someone who traps animals for their furs
- traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- travel agent
- someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
- tree surgeon
- a specialist in treating damaged trees
- trial attorney, trial lawyer
- a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law
- trial judge
- a judge in a trial court
- tribologist
- a specialist in tribology
- trigonometrician
- a mathematician specializing in trigonometry
- troubleshooter, trouble shooter
- a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
- turncock
- one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
- tuner, piano tuner
- someone who tunes pianos
- turner
- a lathe operator
- typist
- someone paid to operate a typewriter
- understudy, standby
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- upholsterer
- a craftsman who upholsters furniture
- usurer, loan shark, shark, moneylender
- someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- urologist
- a specialist in urology
- usher, guide
- someone employed to conduct others
- usherette
- a female usher
- usher, doorkeeper
- an official doorkeeper as in a courtroom or legislative chamber
- utility man
- a worker expected to serve in any capacity when called on
- utility man
- a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions
- valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
- vaudevillian
- a performer who works in vaudeville
- venture capitalist
- a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)
- veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet
- a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- vicar
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- vicar apostolic
- a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
- victualer, victualler
- an innkeeper (especially British)
- vintner, winemaker, wine maker
- someone who makes wine
- vintner, wine merchant
- someone who sells wine
- visiting nurse
- a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
- visiting professor
- a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time
- vivisectionist
- cuts open live animals for research
- volunteer, unpaid worker
- a person who performs voluntary work
- waiter, server
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
- wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright
- a wagon maker
- walking delegate
- a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed
- waitress
- a woman waiter
- wallah
- (India) usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing: "a kitchen wallah"; "the book wallah"
- wardress
- a woman warder
- warehouser, warehouseman
- manages or works in a warehouse
- warlord, military leader
- supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak
- warrener
- maintains a rabbit warren
- washer
- someone who washes things for a living
- washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress
- a working woman who takes in washing
- washerman, laundryman
- operates industrial washing machine
- watchmaker, horologist, horologer
- makes or repairs watches
- watchman, watcher, security guard
- a guard who keeps watch
- weatherman, weather forecaster
- predicts the weather
- weeper
- a hired mourner
- wet nurse, amah
- a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
- whaler
- a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
- wheelwright
- someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- whipper-in
- huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
- wildcatter
- an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
- wigmaker
- someone who makes and sells wigs
- window cleaner
- someone who cleans windows for pay
- window dresser, window trimmer
- someone who decorates shop windows
- window washer
- someone who washes windows
- woodcarver, carver
- makes decorative wooden panels
- woodcutter
- cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- wool stapler, wool sorter
- a person who sorts wool into different grades
- woodworker, woodsman, woodman
- makes things out of wood
- wool stapler
- a dealer in wool
- wordsmith
- a fluent and prolific writer
- working girl
- a young woman who is employed
- workman, working man, working person
- an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
- wrecker
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- wright
- someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- writer, author
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- yardie
- member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"
- zoologist, animal scientist
- a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
- diskjockey, DJ
- comment on music to be played; "He has a job diskjockeying on the weekend"
- live on, exist by, live by, live off
- support oneself by doing a certain type of work; "She lives on the meager income from her writing"
- live in, sleep in
- live in the house where one works; of domestic help
- live out, sleep out
- work in a house where one does not live; of domestic help
- model
- display as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
- model, pose, sit, posture
- as for artistic purposes
- bank
- be in the banking business
- carpenter
- work as a carpenter
- clerk
- work as a clerk, as in the legal business
- cooper
- work as a cooper
- page
- work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"
- wait
- wait on tables; serve as a waiter; in restaurants "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
- assist
- act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
- financier
- conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- farm
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- moonlight
- work a second job
- job
- work occasionally
- consult
- advise professionally; work as a consultant
- administer, administrate
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"
- captain
- be the captain of a sports team
- preside
- act as president: "preside over companies and corporations"
- be, work, follow
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through law school"
- vet
- work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"
- specialize
- devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"
- minister
- work as a minister
- intern
- work as an intern
- skipper
- work as the skipper on a vessel
- cox
- act as the coxswain, in a boat race
- baby-sit, sit
- act as a baby-sitter
- serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist
- to act as an attendant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"
- valet
- serve as a valet
- prostitute
- sell one's body; exchange sex for money
- streetwalk
- work as a streetwalker
- practice, practise, exercise, carry out, do
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions: "practice law"
- housekeep
- maintain a household; take care of all household-related business
- active
- engaged in full-time work; "active duty" (military); "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
- activated
- (military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit"
- on(p), on duty(p), on-duty(a)
- performing or scheduled for duties; "I'm on from five to midnight"; "Naval personnel on duty in Alaska"; "her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m."
- inactive
- not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military) ; "an inactive member of the department"
- off(p), off duty(p), off-duty(a)
- not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"
- on leave
- absent with permission from work or duty
- at liberty(p)
- not engaged or employed or occupied
- unengaged
- not busy or occupied; free; "the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon"
- odd-job(a)
- not regular or skilled; "found only odd-job employment"
- underemployed
- employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able people are kept underemployed"
- itinerant, road, touring, traveling
- working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"
- seamanlike, seamanly
- characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship
- lubberly, landlubberly
- inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly"
- unseamanlike
- not seamanlike
- effective
- (military) equipped and ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"
- inactive, reserve(a)
- not engaged in military action
- mercenary(a), freelance(a)
- used of soldiers hired by a foreign army
- briefless
- of lawyers or barristers; lacking clients
- professional
- engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
- nonrecreational, paid
- involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
- nonprofessional
- not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"
- agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)
- "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
- farm(a)
- found on a farm; "farm animals"; "a farm hand"
- semiskilled(a)
- possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job"
- specialist(a), specialistic
- showing focused training; "specialist training"
- white-collar
- of or designating work or workers of relatively high status whose duties call for well-groomed appearance; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"
- clerical
- appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
- professional
- engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
- salaried
- receiving a salary; "salaried members of the staff as distinct from hourly workers"
- blue-collar
- of or designating work or workers in occupations not requiring well-groomed appearance
- industrial
- employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work"
- manual(a)
- doing or requiring physical work; "manual labor"; "manual laborer"
- wage-earning, working-class
- working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"
- bibliopolic
- of or relating to bibliopoles
- clerical
- of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
- clerical
- of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
- industrial
- employed in industry; "industrial workers"; "the industrial term in use among professional thieves"
- legal
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; "the legal profession"
- meretricious
- (archaic) like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"
- on-the-job
- relating to or associated with a job or employment; "on-the-job training"; "on-the-job requirements"
- sartorial
- of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
- secretarial
- of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
- professional
- of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office"
- professional
- of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
- vocational
- of or relation to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills; "vocational school"; "vocational students learning to repair a motor"
- bucolic, pastoral
- relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
- actuarial
- of or relating to the work of an actuary
- entrepreneurial
- of or relating to an entrepreneur; "entrepreneurial risks"
- residential
- of or relating to or connected with residence; "a residential requirement for the doctorate"
- tonsorial
- of or relating to barbers and barbering; "tonsorial work"; "tonsorial parlor"
- clinically
- in a clinical manner; "she is clinically qualified"
- professionally
- in a professional manner; "professionally trained staff"
- full-time
- for the standard number of hours; "she works full-time"
- half-time, part-time
- for less than the standard number of hours; "he works part-time"
- journalistically
- by journalists; "he is being journalistically crucified in his own country"
- ministerially
- in the manner of a clergyman; "he was called on to visit ministerially on the dying man"
- laic, lay, secular (opposite)
- concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music"