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== Online Records ==
==Online Resources==
*'''1839-1968''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20655/france-nord-pas-de-calais-mining-personnel?s=275764761 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Personnel] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20298/france-national-directory-of-elected-officials?s=275764761 France, National Directory of Elected Officials] at MyHeritage — index ($)
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20298/france-national-directory-of-elected-officials?s=275764761 France, National Directory of Elected Officials] at MyHeritage — index ($)


[[Category:France|Business and Occupations]] [[Category:Business and Occupations]]
== Burgess rolls and guild records (Registres de bourgeoisie et corporations de métiers)  ==
This record gives citizen lists and inhabitants of a given town; lists of persons entitled to the rights, privileges, and protection of a town or community ranging from 1300-1800. Some as early as the 12th century. Content of these records may include:Names, ages, sometimes social and economic status of citizens, occupations, town of origin, dates when citizenship rights in a town were acquired, sometimes family relationships.
Records are located at the National, departmental, municipal and town archives. These records can cover up to 20% of the population. This may often be helpful for liking several generations and give the town of origin of the ancestor.
 
==French Occupations List==
====A====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| accoucheur  || obstetrician
|-
| accoucheuse  || midwife
|-
| adjudicateur  || judge, awarder
|-
| admodiateur  || national agent
|-
| agent  des  postes  || post office employee
|-
| agent national  || federal agent
|-
| agent voyer || road surveyor, inspector of highways
|-
| anspessade  || rigman, pikeman
|-
| apothicaire  || apothecary, druggist
|-
| appareilleur  || workman (construction)
|-
| apprêteur  || hat trimmer or finisher
|-
| arboriculteur (arboriste)  || arboriculturist, nurseryman
|-
| archichancelier  || grnd chancellor
|-
| archichapelain  || head chaplain
|-
| archidiacre  || archdeacon
|-
| archiviste  || records keeper
|-
| argenteur  || silver plater
|-
| argentier  || treasurer
|-
| argoulet  || mounted archer
|-
| argousin || prison warden
|-
| armateur gérant || ship's husband or manager
|-
| armurier  || armorer, gunsmith
|-
| arpète  || errand boy, apprentice
|-
| arquebusier  || gunsmith
|-
| arrimeur  || stevedore
|-
| artificier  || fire work marker
|-
| artilleur  || artilleryman
|-
| ascensionniste  || climber, balloonist
|-
| asservisseur  || slaver
|-
| assesseur  || assessor
|-
| assureur  || insurer
|-
| aubergiste  || innkeeper
|-
| avant-coureur || herald, forerunner
|-
| aviculteur || poultry farmer
|-
| avocat || lawyer, barrister
|-
| avoyer || Swiss cantonal magistrate
|}
 
====B====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| bachoteur || ferryman
|-
| bailleur || lessor (baner)
|-
| bailli || baillif
|-
| baliseur || buoy tender
|-
| ballonnier || balloon vendor
|-
| bandagiste || truss maker
|-
| bardeur || stone carrier
|-
| barilleur or barillier || cooper
|-
| barnum || showman
|-
| barreur || helmsman
|-
| bateleur || juggler
|-
| bêcheur  || ditch digger
|-
| bedeau || church usher, verger
|-
| berger || shepherd
|-
| bétonnière  || concrete mixer
|-
| beurrier || butter man
|-
| biffin || infantryman
|-
| billardier || billiard, table maker
|-
| bineur || hoer (farmer)
|-
| blasonneur || interpreter of coats of arms
|-
| bloqueur || brakeman
|-
| bluteur || bolt maker
|-
| boiseur || timberman (mining)
|-
| boisselier || bushel maker and cooper
|-
| bossetier || glass blower
|-
| boucher || butcher
|-
| bouchonnier || cork vendor or maker
|-
| bouilleur || distiller of spirits
|-
| boulanger || baker
|-
| bourgeois || townsman, citizen
|-
| bourrelier || harness maker
|-
| bousilleur || adobe builder
|-
| boutillier || cup bearer
|-
| boutonnier || button maker
|-
| boyaudier || gut spinner
|-
| braconnier || poacher
|-
| briqueteur || bricklayer
|-
| briquetier || brick maker
|-
| bûcheron  || woodcutter
|-
| buffetier || room keeper
|-
| burineur || engraver
|}
 
====C====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| cabaretier || tavern-keeper
|-
| cadranier || dial maker
|-
| cageur || raftman
|-
| caillouteur || roadman
|-
| calligraphe || penman
|-
| calotin || churchgoer, priest
|-
| calottier || cap maker
|-
| calvanier || laborer in harvest time
|-
| cambrioleur || burglar
|-
| canetière || spooler (woman)
|-
| canoteur || oarsman
|-
| cantonnier || roadman (worker)
|-
| canut || silk weaver
|-
| capitoril || town councellor
|-
| cardinaliste || partisan of Richelieu or Mazarin
|-
| carreleur || floor tiler
|-
| cartomancien || fortune teller
|-
| cartonneur || book binder
|-
| casernier || barrack warden
|-
| catalogueur || cataloguer
|-
| catégoriseur || one who categorizes
|-
| centurier || maker of belts
|-
| certificateur || certifier
|-
| chagrinier || shagreen maker
|-
| chaineur || chain measurer
|-
| chainiste || chain maker (surveyor)
|-
| chambrier || chamberlain
|-
| chamelier || camel driver
|-
| champêtre || village policeman
|-
| champignonniste || mushroom grower
|-
| chanoine || canon
|-
| chansonnier || song writer
|-
| chapelier || hatter
|-
| chapier || cope bearer
|-
| charcutier || pork butcher
|-
| chargeur || loader, stoker
|-
| chariot || public executioner (eighteenth century Paris)
|-
| charpentier || carpenter, shipwright
|-
| charretier || waggoner
|-
| charron || wheelwright
|-
| chasse-marée  || fish cart driver
|-
| chasseur || hunter
|-
| chasublier || church finisher
|-
| châtreur  || gelder
|-
| châtelain  || castellan
|-
| chaufournier || lime merchant
|-
| chaulier || lime burner
|-
| chaumier || thatcher
|-
| chaussetier || hosier
|-
| chausseur || shoe salesman
|-
| chef  d'escadron || cavalry major
|-
| chef d'orchestre  || bandmaster, conductor
|-
| chef de gare || station master
|-
| cheminot || railwayman
|-
| chemisier || shirt maker
|-
| chevalier-errant || knight-errant
|-
| chevaucheur || rider, horseman
|-
| chevau-léger || light cavalryman
|-
| chevillard || wholesale meat salesman
|-
| chevrière || goat girl
|-
| chiffreur || code maker, cipherer
|-
| chimiste || chemist
|-
| chiromancien || palmist
|-
| chirurgien || surgeon
|-
| choriste || chorister
|-
| Chrétien || Christian
|-
| chroniqueur || chronicler
|-
| chronométreur || time keeper
|-
| cimentier || cement maker
|-
| cingleur || shingler
|-
| cirier || wax worker
|-
| ciseleur || carver, sculptor
|-
| cloutier || nail maker
|-
| cocher || coachman, driver
|-
| coédacteur || co-editor
|-
| colocataire || joint tenant
|-
| colombophile || pigeon breeder
|-
| colon || colonist, planter, farmer
|-
| coltineur || coal porter
|-
| commercant || trader, merchant
|-
| communard || member of the Parish commune
|-
| commis || clerk
|-
| compatable || accountant, expert compatable auditor
|-
| concesseur || grantor (will)
|-
| concierge || doorkeeper, janitor
|-
| conclaviste || attendant priest at conclave
|-
| condisciple || schoolfellow
|-
| conférencier  || lecturer
|-
| confiturier || preserve maker
|-
| connaisseur || expert
|-
| sonteur || story teller
|-
| contrebandier || smuggler
|-
| contrefacteur || counterfeiter
|-
| convayeur || conveying officer, guard
|-
| copain || pal, friend
|-
| copermutant || one who exchanges with another
|-
| copreneur || co-lessee, joint tennant
|-
| corailleur || coral fisher
|-
| cornemuseur || piper
|-
| corroyeur || currier, leather worker
|-
| corsetier || corset maker
|-
| courrier || messenger, courier, post-boy
|-
| cousette || apprentice of a dress maker
|-
| couturier || seamstress
|-
| couventine || nun, convent school girl
|-
| croque-note || street musician
|-
| cuisinier || cook
|-
| cultivateur || farmer
|-
| curé || priest
|}
 
====D====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| débâcleur  || water or port bailiff
|-
| déballeur  || unpacker
|-
| débardeur  || workman who unloads
|-
| décrueur or décruseur || a person who prepares silk for dying
|-
| définiteur  || deputy curate
|-
| défricheur  || clearer, settler
|-
| dégraisseur  || wool scourer
|-
| dégrossisseur || one who rough hews, trims
|-
| dégustateur  || wine taster
|-
| dentellier, ère  || lacemaker (male, female)
|-
| détrousseur  || highwayman, robber
|-
| dévaliseur  || thief, burglar
|-
| devancier || predecessor, ancestor
|-
| diaconesse || deaconess
|-
| diacre || deacon
|-
| diseur || sayer, teller (soothsayer)
|-
| domestique || servant, domestic
|-
| donataire || donee, receiver
|-
| donateur or donneur || donor, giver
|-
| doreur || gilder
|-
| douanier || custom officer
|-
| draveur || raftsman, wood floater
|-
| droguiste || druggist
|-
| drousseur || wool comber
|}
 
====E====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| ébaucheur || workman employed to rough-hew
|-
| ébéniste  || cabinet maker
|-
| éboueur  || road sweeper, scavenger
|-
| ébourgeonneur || bud trimmer, vineyard pruner
|-
| écailler  || oyster man
|-
| échangiste  || exchanger, free trader
|-
| échanson  || cup bearers
|-
| échevin  || sheriff, alderman
|-
| éclusier  || sluceman, lock-keeper
|-
| écorcheur  || knacker, fleecer
|-
| écoreur  || supervisor
|-
| écosseur  || sheller
|-
| écraseur || crusher
|-
| écureur  de marmites  || sponger
|-
| édificateur || builder
|-
| élagueur  || pruner
|-
| embatteur  or embateur || cooper, smith
|-
| embaumeur  || embalmer
|-
| emmancheur  || handle maker
|-
| émondeur  || pruner, trimmer
|-
| émouleur  || knife sharpener
|-
| émpailleur  || chair mender
|-
| encadreur  || frame maker
|-
| encaisseur || cashier
|-
| encaqueur || herring packer
|-
| enchérisseur  || bidder (auction)
|-
| engagé || pledged to military, engaged to be married
|-
| enquêteur  || investigator
|-
| entrebâilleur  || door porter
|-
| entreposeur || warehouse keeper
|-
| entrepreneur de transports || forwarding agent
|-
| entrepreneur de pompes funèbres || undertaker
|-
| entrepreneur de maçonnerie || master mason
|-
| épistolographe || letter writer
|-
| escrimeur  || fencer
|-
| essayeur || assayer, estimator
|-
| essayiste || essayist
|-
| estampeur || stamper
|-
| étalonneur  || inspector of weights
|-
| étameur || tinner, one who makes mirrors
|-
| évaluateur || valuer, appraiser
|-
| éventailliste || fan maker
|-
|}
 
====F====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| facteur || maker, manufacturer, porter, postman
|-
| facturier || invoice clerk
|-
| faisandier || pheasant breeder
|-
| fantassin || foot soldier, infantryman
|-
| farinier || flour dealer
|-
| fauconnier || falconer
|-
| femme de chambre || parlor maid
|-
| femme de charge || housekeeper
|-
| femme de lettres || authoress
|-
| femme poète || poetess
|-
| femme sculpteur || sculptoress
|-
| femme médecin  || doctor (female)
|-
| femme-agent || police woman
|-
| femme-soldat || service woman
|-
| ferblantier || tinman
|-
| fermier || tenant farmer
|-
| ferrant || shoeing smith
|-
| ferreur || shoeing smith
|-
| ficeleur || packer
|-
| flibustier || buccaneer
|-
| flottard || naval cadet
|-
| fondeur || founder, caster
|-
| fontainier || fountain maker
|-
| forban || pirate
|-
| foreur || borer, driller
|-
| forgeron || blacksmith
|-
| fouilleur || excavator
|-
| fouleur || fuller, wine presser
|-
| fourbisseur || furbisher, sword cutter
|-
| fourier || social scientist
|-
| fournier || oven keeper, parish baker
|-
| fourrageur || forager, marauder
|-
| francs-tenancier || freeholder
|-
| frangeuse || fringe maker
|-
| fraudeur || defrauder, smuggler
|-
| fréteur || freighter, charterer
|-
| frocard (coll.) || monk
|-
| fromager || cheese maker
|-
| frotteur || floor scrubber
|-
| fuyard || fugitive, runaway
|}
 
====G====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| gabelou || workman who collects salt tariffs
|-
| gagne-deniers || unskilled worker
|-
| gagne-pain  || breadwinner, livelihood
|-
| gagne-petit || knife grinder
|-
| gainier || sheath maker, scabbard maker
|-
| galibot || pit boy
|-
| gantier || glove maker
|-
| garant || guarantor
|-
| garantisseur || warranter
|-
| garçon de cabine  || cabin steward
|-
| garçon  d'honneur  || bestman
|-
| garçon tailleur  || journeyman tailor
|-
| garae || guard, watchman
|-
| garde de cheval  || horse guard
|-
| garde-port  || harbor master
|-
| gargotier  || keeper of cook shop
|-
| garnisaire || bailiffs man, garrison member
|-
| garnisseur  || trimmer
|-
| gaureur || gofferer, maker of waffles
|-
| gazier || gas fitter
|-
| gazier || gauze maker
|-
| gemmeur || tapper
|-
| geôlier  || jailer
|-
| gérant  || manager, editor
|-
| giboyeur  || fowler, sportsman
|-
| gigolette  || street walker
|-
| giletier || waistcoat maker
|-
| gindre or geindre  || journeyman baker
|-
| gitan || gypsy (male)
|-
| gitane  || gypsy (female)
|-
| glaceur  || glazer
|-
| gobeletier || cup maker or seller
|-
| godilleur || sculler, oarsman
|-
| goujat || soldiers' servant, hod carrier
|-
| gourgandine || harlot
|-
| gradé  || noncommissioned officer
|-
| grainier || seedman
|-
| graisseur || oiler, lubricator
|-
| grand seigneur || grand lord
|-
| grand-prêtre  || high priest
|-
| grand prévôt  || provost marshal
|-
| grand veneur  || master of the hounds
|-
| grappilleur || grape gleaner
|-
| gréeur  || rigger
|-
| greffeur  || grafter
|-
| greffier || registrar, recorder
|-
| grimpeur || climber
|-
| griveleur || pilferer
|-
| gruyer || clerical position, prevot
|-
| guêtrier || gaiter maker
|-
| gueusard,  gueux || beggar, ragamuffin
|}
 
====H====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| habilleur || dresser (theater)
|-
| hache-légumes  || vegetable mincer
|-
| hache-paille || chaff cutter
|-
| hache-viande || mincer
|-
| haleur || hauler, boat tower
|-
| hallier || market or stall keeper
|-
| harengère || fish-wife
|-
| Hébraisant  or  Hébraiste || Hebraist (specialist in Hebrew)
|-
| herbager || grazier
|-
| herbière  || herb woman
|-
| herboriste || herbalist, dealer in herbs
|-
| hercheur || haulage boy
|-
| histrion || actor, stage player
|-
| homme de cheval || horseman
|-
| homme de journée || day laborer
|-
| homme de loi || lawyer
|-
| homme de peine || laborer
|-
| homme de robe || lawyer
|-
| homme-grenouille || frogman
|-
| homme-sandwich || sandwich man
|-
| horloger || clock maker
|-
| hôte,  hôtesse  || host, hostess
|-
| hôtelier  || innkeeper, host
|-
| houilleur  || coal miner
|-
| hucier || bin maker
|-
| huissier || crier of the court, usher
|}
 
====I====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| immigré  || settler, immigrant
|-
| imprimeur  || printer, pressman
|-
| immolateur  || immolator, sacrificer
|-
| inconnu  || unknown person
|-
| indigotier  || indigo manufacturer
|-
| ingénieur  || engineer
|-
| inquisiteur  || inquisitor
|-
| instaurateur  || founder
|-
| interpellateur || questioner
|}
 
====J====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| Jardinier || gardner
|-
| jaugeur || gauger, one who measures capacity
|-
| journalier || journeyman, day laborer
|-
| juge || judge
|-
| juré || juror, juryman
|}
 
====L====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| laboureur || plowman, farmer
|-
| laineur || tea seller
|-
| lainier || wool merchant, worker
|-
| lamaneur || harbor or river pilot
|-
| lamier || heddle maker
|-
| lamineur || flattener, roller
|-
| lampiste || lampmaker, lamplighter
|-
| langueyeur || examiner of hog's tongue
|-
| larron || thief, robber
|-
| laveur || washer, scurrer
|-
| layetier || box maker, packing case maker
|-
| le vicaire de Jésus  Christ || the pope
|-
| lecteur || reader, proofreader
|-
| lépreux  || leper
|-
| lesteur  || ballast heaver
|-
| Lévite  || Levite, ecclesiastic
|-
| libraire  || bookseller, trader
|-
| lignager || kinsman
|-
| limur || filer, wood finisher
|-
| limonadier || lemonade seller
|-
| lisseur || polisher
|-
| littérateur  || literaryman, author
|-
| loueur  || hired out, hired hand
|-
| loueur de bateaux || boat keeper
|-
| loueur de bicyclettes || bicycle renter
|-
| lubrificateur || lubricator
|-
| lunetier || spectacle maker, optician
|-
| lutteur || wrestler
|}
 
====M====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| magister || village schoolmaster
|-
| maieur || (Belgium) mayor
|-
| mairesse || mayoress
|-
| maître d'école || school teacher
|-
| maître d'equipage  || boatswain
|-
| malletier || trunk maker
|-
| malteur  || maltman, maltster
|-
| maltôtier || tax gatherer
|-
| mandant || employer
|-
| manieur || handler, manager
|-
| manoeuvre || common worker
|-
| manoeuvrier || expert seaman, tactician
|-
| manutentionnaire || manager, army storekeeper
|-
| maquignon || horse dealer, go-between
|-
| maraîcher  || market gardener
|-
| marbreur  || marbler
|-
| marbrier || marble cutter, polisher, quarry
|-
| marcaire || stable person
|-
| marchand en détail  || retail merchant
|-
| maréchal || marshal, field marshal
|-
| maréchal ferrant || blacksmith
|-
| mareyeur || fish salesman
|-
| marié  || married man
|-
| marieur  || matchmaker
|-
| marqueteur || inlayer
|-
| marqueur  (euse) || marker, scorer, tally keeper
|-
| marteleur || hammerman
|-
| matelot || sailor, seaman
|-
| mastroquet || pub keeper
|-
| mécanicien  || mechanic, machinist
|-
| mécanicienne  || sewing girl
|-
| médailleur  || die sinker
|-
| mégissier  || tawer, leather dresser
|-
| ménagère  || housewife
|-
| mendiant  || beggar
|-
| menuisier  || joiner, carpenter
|-
| mercier  || haberdasher
|-
| messire  || sire, master, squire
|-
| métreur  || appraiser
|-
| meunier  || miller
|-
| milicier || militiaman
|-
| miroitier || looking glass maker, vendor
|-
| modellist or modéliste || dress designer
|-
| moine || monk, friar
|-
| monnayeur || coiner, minter
|-
| monseigneur || my lord, archbishop
|-
| monteur || setter, mounter of jewels
|-
| montreur || showman, exhibitor
|-
| mousse || cabin boy, ship boy
|-
| mulâtre  || mulatto
|-
| mytiliculteur || mussel breeder
|}
 
====N====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| nielleur || enameller in niello
|-
| niveleur || leveller
|-
| nocher || pilot, boatman
|-
| nolisateur or noliseur || freighter, charterer
|-
| nosologiste || classificator of illnesses
|-
| notaire || notary, solicitor
|-
| nourrice || wet nurse
|-
| nourrisseur || cow keeper, cattle feeder
|-
| nouvelliste || newswriter, short story writer
|}
 
====O====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| oenophile  || wine connoisseur
|-
| officier  reformé || half pay officer
|-
| officiers mariniers  || petty officers
|-
| oiseleur || bird catcher, fowler
|-
| oiselier  || bird seller
|-
| oleiculteur || olive grower or manufacturer
|-
| ornemaniste || sculptor, painter of ornaments
|-
| orpailleur  || gold washer, seeker
|-
| ostréiculteur  || oyster growers
|-
| outilleur || tool maker
|}
 
====P====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| pailleur || dealer in straw
|-
| palefrenier || groom, ostler
|-
| panetier || bread store keeper
|-
| pantouflier || slipper maker
|-
| paqueteur || packer
|-
| parcheminier || parchment maker
|-
| parqueteur || floor layer
|-
| patachon || captain, steersman, coach driver
|-
| patenté  || licensed dealer
|-
| paumier || tennis court keeper
|-
| payeur || payer, pay clerk master
|-
| paysagiste || landscape painter
|-
| peaussier || skinner, skin dresser
|-
| pêcheur  || fisherman
|-
| pédiatre || pediatrician, children's doctor
|-
| peigneur || wool comber
|-
| peignier || comb maker, seller
|-
| peintre || painter
|-
| peintre verrier || painter on glass, stained glass maker
|-
| peloteur || ball maker
|-
| péquenot  || peasant, bumpkin
|-
| perrier  || quarryman
|-
| perruquier  || barber, wigmaker
|-
| peseur  || weigher
|-
| philatéliste  || stamp collector
|-
| piqueur  || outrider, overseer
|-
| piquier  || pike man
|-
| pilote  || pilot, guide
|-
| pisteur  || tout, tracker, spy
|-
| placeur || placer, registry office keeper
|-
| plaqueur  || silver plater
|-
| plombeur  || stamper (custom house)
|-
| plombier  || lead worker, plumber
|-
| plumassier || feather merchant
|-
| poêlier  || stove dealer or maker
|-
| pointilliste || stipple engraver, pointillist
|-
| polisseur || polisher
|-
| pompier || pump maker, fireman
|-
| pompiste || pump attendant
|-
| pontier || bridge keeper
|-
| porcelainier || porcelain maker, worker
|-
| porion || fireman in coal mine
|-
| portageur || toter, carrier
|-
| porte-auge || hod carrier
|-
| porteballe || pedlar, packman
|-
| porte-étendard  || standard bearer, coronet
|-
| portefaix || porter, street porter
|-
| porteflambeau || torchbearer, linkman
|-
| porte-masse || mace bearer
|-
| poseur || one who lays down stones
|-
| posticheur || wig maker
|-
| postier || post office employee
|-
| potard || chemist's clerk
|-
| poudrier || gunpowder maker
|-
| pouldiller || poulterer
|-
| pousse-cailloux || footslogger, infantryman
|-
| précepteur  || tutor, teacher
|-
| prêcheur  || preacher
|-
| premier-né  || firstborn
|-
| prêteur || lender
|-
| prêteur sur gages  || pawnbroker
|-
| prêtre || priest
|-
| prêtresse || priestess
|-
| prévôt  de salle d'armes || fencing master's assistant
|-
| prévot des marchands || provost of the guilds
|-
| prieur || prior (superior of a covenant)
|-
| priseur || snuff taker
|-
| prochain || neighbor
|-
| procureur de la République || public prosecutor
|-
| procureur général  || attorney general
|-
| propriétaire  || landholder
|-
| prosateur || prose writer
|-
| protuteur || acting guardian
|-
| proviseur || headmaster
|-
| pugiliste || boxer, fighter
|}
 
====R====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| radoubeur || ship repairer, caulker
|-
| raffineur || sugar refiner
|-
| ramasseur || gatherer, collector
|-
| rapetasseur || piercer, patcher, cobbler
|-
| ravaudeur || mender
|-
| rebrousseur || striker (of skins)
|-
| recenseur || census taker, enumerator
|-
| receveur des postes || postmaster
|-
| rédacteur || writer, clerk, editor
|-
| redresseur  de  torts  || knight-errant
|-
| rédacteur  gérant  || managing editor
|-
| refouloir || rammer (of a gun)
|-
| regleur || regulator (of clocks), one who rules
|-
| regrattier || huckster, dealer in vegetables and cheese
|-
| réhabilleur  || mender (furniture)
|-
| reître  || Germa horse soldier
|-
| renardier  || fox catcher
|-
| rentier  || renter
|-
| repasseur de couteaux || knife grinder
|-
| répétiteur || private teacher, coach, chorus master
|-
| requérant  || plaintiff, applicant
|-
| résignataire  || resignee
|-
| résinier  || resin tapper
|-
| riboteur  || tippler, boozer
|-
| rimeur || rhymer, versifier
|-
| robin || lawyer
|-
| robinetier || brass smith
|-
| rocailleur || rockwork maker
|-
| rochassier || rock climber
|-
| rôdeur  || prowler, vagrant
|-
| romancier || novelist
|-
| ronchonnot || old retired officer
|-
| rosiériste  || rose grower
|-
| rôtisseur  || cook shop keeper
|-
| rouleur  || traveling journeyman
|-
| roulier  || wagoner, carter, carrier
|-
| rubanier || ribbon maker or vendor
|}
 
====S====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| sabotier || sabot-maker, shoemaker
|-
| sabreur || swashbuckler, cavalry soldier
|-
| sacristine || vestry nun
|-
| saigneur || bleeder, blood letter
|-
| saleur || salter, curer
|-
| sandalier || sandal maker
|-
| sans-emploi || unemployed person
|-
| sans-filiste || wireless operator
|-
| sans-patrie || person without a country
|-
| sans-travail || unemployed person
|-
| sapeur || sapper
|-
| sapeur-telégraphiste || soldier of the signal corps
|-
| sardinier || sardine fisher or packer
|-
| sasseur || sifter, winnower
|-
| satineur || satiner, glazer
|-
| saucier || sauce maker, sauce setter
|-
| saunier || salt-maker, vendor
|-
| sauveteur || rescuer, lifeboat man
|-
| savant || scholar, scientist
|-
| savonnier || soap boiler, manufacturer
|-
| scrutateur || investigator
|-
| secouriste || qualified first aider
|-
| sectateur || follower, votary
|-
| seigneur || lord, nobleman
|-
| sellier || saddler
|-
| semainier || officer, monk, actor
|-
| séranceur || hackler
|-
| sergent-instructeur  || drill sergeant
|-
| serger or sergier  || serge weaver
|-
| serrurier || locksmith
|-
| sertisseur  || setter, mounter
|-
| servreuse  || dry nurse
|-
| sicaire  || hired assassin
|-
| sioniste  || zionist
|-
| siroteur || tippler
|-
| soiriste || drama critic
|-
| soldat réformé  || invalid veteran
|-
| sommelier || butler, cellarman
|-
| soudard || old soldier, mercenary
|-
| souffleur de verre || glass blower
|-
| sous-bibliothécaire || assistant librarian
|-
| sous-chef || deputy head clerk or manager
|-
| sous-commissaire || undercommissary, assistant paymaster
|-
| souscripteur || subscriber, underwriter
|-
| souscrivant || underwriter
|-
| sous-diacre || subdeacon
|-
| sous-directeur || submanager
|-
| sous-économe  || subtreasurer
|-
| sous-fermier  || under-lessee
|-
| sous-governeur  || deputy-governor
|-
| sous-intendant  || deputy-commissary
|-
| sous-lieutenant  || second lieutenant
|-
| sous-lieutenant aviateur  || pilot officer
|-
| sous-Jocataire || undertenant, subtenant
|-
| sous-officier || noncommissioned officer
|-
| sous-préfet || subprefect, under-sheriff
|-
| sous-secrétaire  || under-secretary
|-
| statuaire  || sculptor of statues
|-
| stockiste  || warehouseman or agent
|-
| sucrier || sugar maker, vendor
|}
 
====T====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| taillandier || edge tool maker
|-
| tailleur d'habits || tailor
|-
| tailleur de pierre || stone cutter
|-
| talonnier || heel maker
|-
| tamiseur || sifter
|-
| tamisier || sieve maker or vendor
|-
| tâteur  || feeler, taster, waverer
|-
| taupier  || mole catcher
|-
| tavernier || tavern keeper
|-
| taxateur || taxer, assessor
|-
| teilleur or tilleur || scutcher
|-
| teinturier || dyer
|-
| tendeur || setter of snares
|-
| teneur de livres || bookkeeper
|-
| theatin || theatine (monk)
|-
| timbreur || stamper
|-
| timonier || steersman, helmsman
|-
| tirailleur || sharpshooter, skirmisher
|-
| tireur || marksman, rifleman
|-
| tisserand || weaver
|-
| tisseur || weaver
|-
| titulaire || titular, incumbent, bearer
|-
| toilier || dealer in linen, manufacturer of linen
|-
| toiseur || measurer, quantity surveyor
|-
| tôlier  || manufacturer of sheet-iron
|-
| tombeur || housebreaker, demolition worker
|-
| tondeur de drap || cloth shearer
|-
| tonsuré || cleric, priest
|-
| tordeur || twister (silk)
|-
| tourbier || peat worker, runner of peat bog
|-
| tourier || monk or non attending the turn box
|-
| toumasseur || thrower of pottery
|-
| traitant || tax farmer
|-
| traiteur || restaurant keeper, caterer
|-
| traqueur || beater (in hunting)
|-
| travailleur || worker, labourer
|-
| trayeur || milker
|-
| treillageur or treillagiste || trellis maker or vendor of lattice
|-
| trempeur || temperer, whetter
|-
| trésorier  || treasurer
|-
| tresseur  || plaiter, braider
|-
| tricoteur || knitter
|-
| trieur || sorter, picker
|-
| trimardeur || tramp, vagabond workman
|-
| tringlot || trooper in the baggage train
|-
| tripotier || gaming house keeper
|-
| trouveur || discoverer, inventor
|-
| tulliste || tulle maker or seller
|}
 
====U====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| urbaniste || city designer, town planner
|-
| usinier || manufacturer, millowner
|-
| usurier || usurer
|}
 
====V====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| vaguemestre || baggage master
|-
| vandevilliste || vaudeville writer
|-
| vannier || basket maker
|-
| veilleur de nuit || night watchman
|-
| velite || light armed soldier, skirmisher
|-
| veloutier || velvet weaver
|-
| vendeur || vendor, seller, salesperson
|-
| verdurier || greengrocer
|-
| vergetier || brush maker
|-
| vérificateur || verifier, examiner, inspector
|-
| verrier || glass maker
|-
| vicaire général  || vicar-general
|-
| vice-gérant || deputy manager
|-
| vice-reine  || wife of viceroy
|-
| vice-roi || viceroy
|-
| vidame || vidame (minor noble)
|-
| vidangeur || nightman, scavenger
|-
| vieux troupier || old campaigner
|-
| vigie || look-ut man
|-
| vigneron || wine-dresser, wine grower
|-
| vignettiste || vignette engraver
|-
| vilain || village peasant
|-
| vinaigrier || vinegar maker, merchant
|-
| viseur || aimer (artillery)
|-
| viticulteur || vine grower
|-
| vitrier || glass maker, glazier
|-
| vivandier || sutler, canteen manager
|-
| voilier || sail maker, sailer
|-
| voleur || thief, robber
|-
| voltigeur || light infantry soldier, rifleman
|-
| voué  || one who vows
|-
| voyageur  || traveller
|-
| vrillier || gimlet maker
|}
 
====W====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| wattman || tram driver
|}
 
====X====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| xylographe || xylographer, wood engraver
|}
 
====Z====
{| class="wikitable"
! French !! English
|-
| zingueur || zinc worker
|}
 
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Burgess rolls and guild records (Registres de bourgeoisie et corporations de métiers)[edit | edit source]

This record gives citizen lists and inhabitants of a given town; lists of persons entitled to the rights, privileges, and protection of a town or community ranging from 1300-1800. Some as early as the 12th century. Content of these records may include:Names, ages, sometimes social and economic status of citizens, occupations, town of origin, dates when citizenship rights in a town were acquired, sometimes family relationships. Records are located at the National, departmental, municipal and town archives. These records can cover up to 20% of the population. This may often be helpful for liking several generations and give the town of origin of the ancestor.

French Occupations List[edit | edit source]

A[edit | edit source]

French English
accoucheur obstetrician
accoucheuse midwife
adjudicateur judge, awarder
admodiateur national agent
agent des postes post office employee
agent national federal agent
agent voyer road surveyor, inspector of highways
anspessade rigman, pikeman
apothicaire apothecary, druggist
appareilleur workman (construction)
apprêteur hat trimmer or finisher
arboriculteur (arboriste) arboriculturist, nurseryman
archichancelier grnd chancellor
archichapelain head chaplain
archidiacre archdeacon
archiviste records keeper
argenteur silver plater
argentier treasurer
argoulet mounted archer
argousin prison warden
armateur gérant ship's husband or manager
armurier armorer, gunsmith
arpète errand boy, apprentice
arquebusier gunsmith
arrimeur stevedore
artificier fire work marker
artilleur artilleryman
ascensionniste climber, balloonist
asservisseur slaver
assesseur assessor
assureur insurer
aubergiste innkeeper
avant-coureur herald, forerunner
aviculteur poultry farmer
avocat lawyer, barrister
avoyer Swiss cantonal magistrate

B[edit | edit source]

French English
bachoteur ferryman
bailleur lessor (baner)
bailli baillif
baliseur buoy tender
ballonnier balloon vendor
bandagiste truss maker
bardeur stone carrier
barilleur or barillier cooper
barnum showman
barreur helmsman
bateleur juggler
bêcheur ditch digger
bedeau church usher, verger
berger shepherd
bétonnière concrete mixer
beurrier butter man
biffin infantryman
billardier billiard, table maker
bineur hoer (farmer)
blasonneur interpreter of coats of arms
bloqueur brakeman
bluteur bolt maker
boiseur timberman (mining)
boisselier bushel maker and cooper
bossetier glass blower
boucher butcher
bouchonnier cork vendor or maker
bouilleur distiller of spirits
boulanger baker
bourgeois townsman, citizen
bourrelier harness maker
bousilleur adobe builder
boutillier cup bearer
boutonnier button maker
boyaudier gut spinner
braconnier poacher
briqueteur bricklayer
briquetier brick maker
bûcheron woodcutter
buffetier room keeper
burineur engraver

C[edit | edit source]

French English
cabaretier tavern-keeper
cadranier dial maker
cageur raftman
caillouteur roadman
calligraphe penman
calotin churchgoer, priest
calottier cap maker
calvanier laborer in harvest time
cambrioleur burglar
canetière spooler (woman)
canoteur oarsman
cantonnier roadman (worker)
canut silk weaver
capitoril town councellor
cardinaliste partisan of Richelieu or Mazarin
carreleur floor tiler
cartomancien fortune teller
cartonneur book binder
casernier barrack warden
catalogueur cataloguer
catégoriseur one who categorizes
centurier maker of belts
certificateur certifier
chagrinier shagreen maker
chaineur chain measurer
chainiste chain maker (surveyor)
chambrier chamberlain
chamelier camel driver
champêtre village policeman
champignonniste mushroom grower
chanoine canon
chansonnier song writer
chapelier hatter
chapier cope bearer
charcutier pork butcher
chargeur loader, stoker
chariot public executioner (eighteenth century Paris)
charpentier carpenter, shipwright
charretier waggoner
charron wheelwright
chasse-marée fish cart driver
chasseur hunter
chasublier church finisher
châtreur gelder
châtelain castellan
chaufournier lime merchant
chaulier lime burner
chaumier thatcher
chaussetier hosier
chausseur shoe salesman
chef d'escadron cavalry major
chef d'orchestre bandmaster, conductor
chef de gare station master
cheminot railwayman
chemisier shirt maker
chevalier-errant knight-errant
chevaucheur rider, horseman
chevau-léger light cavalryman
chevillard wholesale meat salesman
chevrière goat girl
chiffreur code maker, cipherer
chimiste chemist
chiromancien palmist
chirurgien surgeon
choriste chorister
Chrétien Christian
chroniqueur chronicler
chronométreur time keeper
cimentier cement maker
cingleur shingler
cirier wax worker
ciseleur carver, sculptor
cloutier nail maker
cocher coachman, driver
coédacteur co-editor
colocataire joint tenant
colombophile pigeon breeder
colon colonist, planter, farmer
coltineur coal porter
commercant trader, merchant
communard member of the Parish commune
commis clerk
compatable accountant, expert compatable auditor
concesseur grantor (will)
concierge doorkeeper, janitor
conclaviste attendant priest at conclave
condisciple schoolfellow
conférencier lecturer
confiturier preserve maker
connaisseur expert
sonteur story teller
contrebandier smuggler
contrefacteur counterfeiter
convayeur conveying officer, guard
copain pal, friend
copermutant one who exchanges with another
copreneur co-lessee, joint tennant
corailleur coral fisher
cornemuseur piper
corroyeur currier, leather worker
corsetier corset maker
courrier messenger, courier, post-boy
cousette apprentice of a dress maker
couturier seamstress
couventine nun, convent school girl
croque-note street musician
cuisinier cook
cultivateur farmer
curé priest

D[edit | edit source]

French English
débâcleur water or port bailiff
déballeur unpacker
débardeur workman who unloads
décrueur or décruseur a person who prepares silk for dying
définiteur deputy curate
défricheur clearer, settler
dégraisseur wool scourer
dégrossisseur one who rough hews, trims
dégustateur wine taster
dentellier, ère lacemaker (male, female)
détrousseur highwayman, robber
dévaliseur thief, burglar
devancier predecessor, ancestor
diaconesse deaconess
diacre deacon
diseur sayer, teller (soothsayer)
domestique servant, domestic
donataire donee, receiver
donateur or donneur donor, giver
doreur gilder
douanier custom officer
draveur raftsman, wood floater
droguiste druggist
drousseur wool comber

E[edit | edit source]

French English
ébaucheur workman employed to rough-hew
ébéniste cabinet maker
éboueur road sweeper, scavenger
ébourgeonneur bud trimmer, vineyard pruner
écailler oyster man
échangiste exchanger, free trader
échanson cup bearers
échevin sheriff, alderman
éclusier sluceman, lock-keeper
écorcheur knacker, fleecer
écoreur supervisor
écosseur sheller
écraseur crusher
écureur de marmites sponger
édificateur builder
élagueur pruner
embatteur or embateur cooper, smith
embaumeur embalmer
emmancheur handle maker
émondeur pruner, trimmer
émouleur knife sharpener
émpailleur chair mender
encadreur frame maker
encaisseur cashier
encaqueur herring packer
enchérisseur bidder (auction)
engagé pledged to military, engaged to be married
enquêteur investigator
entrebâilleur door porter
entreposeur warehouse keeper
entrepreneur de transports forwarding agent
entrepreneur de pompes funèbres undertaker
entrepreneur de maçonnerie master mason
épistolographe letter writer
escrimeur fencer
essayeur assayer, estimator
essayiste essayist
estampeur stamper
étalonneur inspector of weights
étameur tinner, one who makes mirrors
évaluateur valuer, appraiser
éventailliste fan maker

F[edit | edit source]

French English
facteur maker, manufacturer, porter, postman
facturier invoice clerk
faisandier pheasant breeder
fantassin foot soldier, infantryman
farinier flour dealer
fauconnier falconer
femme de chambre parlor maid
femme de charge housekeeper
femme de lettres authoress
femme poète poetess
femme sculpteur sculptoress
femme médecin doctor (female)
femme-agent police woman
femme-soldat service woman
ferblantier tinman
fermier tenant farmer
ferrant shoeing smith
ferreur shoeing smith
ficeleur packer
flibustier buccaneer
flottard naval cadet
fondeur founder, caster
fontainier fountain maker
forban pirate
foreur borer, driller
forgeron blacksmith
fouilleur excavator
fouleur fuller, wine presser
fourbisseur furbisher, sword cutter
fourier social scientist
fournier oven keeper, parish baker
fourrageur forager, marauder
francs-tenancier freeholder
frangeuse fringe maker
fraudeur defrauder, smuggler
fréteur freighter, charterer
frocard (coll.) monk
fromager cheese maker
frotteur floor scrubber
fuyard fugitive, runaway

G[edit | edit source]

French English
gabelou workman who collects salt tariffs
gagne-deniers unskilled worker
gagne-pain breadwinner, livelihood
gagne-petit knife grinder
gainier sheath maker, scabbard maker
galibot pit boy
gantier glove maker
garant guarantor
garantisseur warranter
garçon de cabine cabin steward
garçon d'honneur bestman
garçon tailleur journeyman tailor
garae guard, watchman
garde de cheval horse guard
garde-port harbor master
gargotier keeper of cook shop
garnisaire bailiffs man, garrison member
garnisseur trimmer
gaureur gofferer, maker of waffles
gazier gas fitter
gazier gauze maker
gemmeur tapper
geôlier jailer
gérant manager, editor
giboyeur fowler, sportsman
gigolette street walker
giletier waistcoat maker
gindre or geindre journeyman baker
gitan gypsy (male)
gitane gypsy (female)
glaceur glazer
gobeletier cup maker or seller
godilleur sculler, oarsman
goujat soldiers' servant, hod carrier
gourgandine harlot
gradé noncommissioned officer
grainier seedman
graisseur oiler, lubricator
grand seigneur grand lord
grand-prêtre high priest
grand prévôt provost marshal
grand veneur master of the hounds
grappilleur grape gleaner
gréeur rigger
greffeur grafter
greffier registrar, recorder
grimpeur climber
griveleur pilferer
gruyer clerical position, prevot
guêtrier gaiter maker
gueusard, gueux beggar, ragamuffin

H[edit | edit source]

French English
habilleur dresser (theater)
hache-légumes vegetable mincer
hache-paille chaff cutter
hache-viande mincer
haleur hauler, boat tower
hallier market or stall keeper
harengère fish-wife
Hébraisant or Hébraiste Hebraist (specialist in Hebrew)
herbager grazier
herbière herb woman
herboriste herbalist, dealer in herbs
hercheur haulage boy
histrion actor, stage player
homme de cheval horseman
homme de journée day laborer
homme de loi lawyer
homme de peine laborer
homme de robe lawyer
homme-grenouille frogman
homme-sandwich sandwich man
horloger clock maker
hôte, hôtesse host, hostess
hôtelier innkeeper, host
houilleur coal miner
hucier bin maker
huissier crier of the court, usher

I[edit | edit source]

French English
immigré settler, immigrant
imprimeur printer, pressman
immolateur immolator, sacrificer
inconnu unknown person
indigotier indigo manufacturer
ingénieur engineer
inquisiteur inquisitor
instaurateur founder
interpellateur questioner

J[edit | edit source]

French English
Jardinier gardner
jaugeur gauger, one who measures capacity
journalier journeyman, day laborer
juge judge
juré juror, juryman

L[edit | edit source]

French English
laboureur plowman, farmer
laineur tea seller
lainier wool merchant, worker
lamaneur harbor or river pilot
lamier heddle maker
lamineur flattener, roller
lampiste lampmaker, lamplighter
langueyeur examiner of hog's tongue
larron thief, robber
laveur washer, scurrer
layetier box maker, packing case maker
le vicaire de Jésus Christ the pope
lecteur reader, proofreader
lépreux leper
lesteur ballast heaver
Lévite Levite, ecclesiastic
libraire bookseller, trader
lignager kinsman
limur filer, wood finisher
limonadier lemonade seller
lisseur polisher
littérateur literaryman, author
loueur hired out, hired hand
loueur de bateaux boat keeper
loueur de bicyclettes bicycle renter
lubrificateur lubricator
lunetier spectacle maker, optician
lutteur wrestler

M[edit | edit source]

French English
magister village schoolmaster
maieur (Belgium) mayor
mairesse mayoress
maître d'école school teacher
maître d'equipage boatswain
malletier trunk maker
malteur maltman, maltster
maltôtier tax gatherer
mandant employer
manieur handler, manager
manoeuvre common worker
manoeuvrier expert seaman, tactician
manutentionnaire manager, army storekeeper
maquignon horse dealer, go-between
maraîcher market gardener
marbreur marbler
marbrier marble cutter, polisher, quarry
marcaire stable person
marchand en détail retail merchant
maréchal marshal, field marshal
maréchal ferrant blacksmith
mareyeur fish salesman
marié married man
marieur matchmaker
marqueteur inlayer
marqueur (euse) marker, scorer, tally keeper
marteleur hammerman
matelot sailor, seaman
mastroquet pub keeper
mécanicien mechanic, machinist
mécanicienne sewing girl
médailleur die sinker
mégissier tawer, leather dresser
ménagère housewife
mendiant beggar
menuisier joiner, carpenter
mercier haberdasher
messire sire, master, squire
métreur appraiser
meunier miller
milicier militiaman
miroitier looking glass maker, vendor
modellist or modéliste dress designer
moine monk, friar
monnayeur coiner, minter
monseigneur my lord, archbishop
monteur setter, mounter of jewels
montreur showman, exhibitor
mousse cabin boy, ship boy
mulâtre mulatto
mytiliculteur mussel breeder

N[edit | edit source]

French English
nielleur enameller in niello
niveleur leveller
nocher pilot, boatman
nolisateur or noliseur freighter, charterer
nosologiste classificator of illnesses
notaire notary, solicitor
nourrice wet nurse
nourrisseur cow keeper, cattle feeder
nouvelliste newswriter, short story writer

O[edit | edit source]

French English
oenophile wine connoisseur
officier reformé half pay officer
officiers mariniers petty officers
oiseleur bird catcher, fowler
oiselier bird seller
oleiculteur olive grower or manufacturer
ornemaniste sculptor, painter of ornaments
orpailleur gold washer, seeker
ostréiculteur oyster growers
outilleur tool maker

P[edit | edit source]

French English
pailleur dealer in straw
palefrenier groom, ostler
panetier bread store keeper
pantouflier slipper maker
paqueteur packer
parcheminier parchment maker
parqueteur floor layer
patachon captain, steersman, coach driver
patenté licensed dealer
paumier tennis court keeper
payeur payer, pay clerk master
paysagiste landscape painter
peaussier skinner, skin dresser
pêcheur fisherman
pédiatre pediatrician, children's doctor
peigneur wool comber
peignier comb maker, seller
peintre painter
peintre verrier painter on glass, stained glass maker
peloteur ball maker
péquenot peasant, bumpkin
perrier quarryman
perruquier barber, wigmaker
peseur weigher
philatéliste stamp collector
piqueur outrider, overseer
piquier pike man
pilote pilot, guide
pisteur tout, tracker, spy
placeur placer, registry office keeper
plaqueur silver plater
plombeur stamper (custom house)
plombier lead worker, plumber
plumassier feather merchant
poêlier stove dealer or maker
pointilliste stipple engraver, pointillist
polisseur polisher
pompier pump maker, fireman
pompiste pump attendant
pontier bridge keeper
porcelainier porcelain maker, worker
porion fireman in coal mine
portageur toter, carrier
porte-auge hod carrier
porteballe pedlar, packman
porte-étendard standard bearer, coronet
portefaix porter, street porter
porteflambeau torchbearer, linkman
porte-masse mace bearer
poseur one who lays down stones
posticheur wig maker
postier post office employee
potard chemist's clerk
poudrier gunpowder maker
pouldiller poulterer
pousse-cailloux footslogger, infantryman
précepteur tutor, teacher
prêcheur preacher
premier-né firstborn
prêteur lender
prêteur sur gages pawnbroker
prêtre priest
prêtresse priestess
prévôt de salle d'armes fencing master's assistant
prévot des marchands provost of the guilds
prieur prior (superior of a covenant)
priseur snuff taker
prochain neighbor
procureur de la République public prosecutor
procureur général attorney general
propriétaire landholder
prosateur prose writer
protuteur acting guardian
proviseur headmaster
pugiliste boxer, fighter

R[edit | edit source]

French English
radoubeur ship repairer, caulker
raffineur sugar refiner
ramasseur gatherer, collector
rapetasseur piercer, patcher, cobbler
ravaudeur mender
rebrousseur striker (of skins)
recenseur census taker, enumerator
receveur des postes postmaster
rédacteur writer, clerk, editor
redresseur de torts knight-errant
rédacteur gérant managing editor
refouloir rammer (of a gun)
regleur regulator (of clocks), one who rules
regrattier huckster, dealer in vegetables and cheese
réhabilleur mender (furniture)
reître Germa horse soldier
renardier fox catcher
rentier renter
repasseur de couteaux knife grinder
répétiteur private teacher, coach, chorus master
requérant plaintiff, applicant
résignataire resignee
résinier resin tapper
riboteur tippler, boozer
rimeur rhymer, versifier
robin lawyer
robinetier brass smith
rocailleur rockwork maker
rochassier rock climber
rôdeur prowler, vagrant
romancier novelist
ronchonnot old retired officer
rosiériste rose grower
rôtisseur cook shop keeper
rouleur traveling journeyman
roulier wagoner, carter, carrier
rubanier ribbon maker or vendor

S[edit | edit source]

French English
sabotier sabot-maker, shoemaker
sabreur swashbuckler, cavalry soldier
sacristine vestry nun
saigneur bleeder, blood letter
saleur salter, curer
sandalier sandal maker
sans-emploi unemployed person
sans-filiste wireless operator
sans-patrie person without a country
sans-travail unemployed person
sapeur sapper
sapeur-telégraphiste soldier of the signal corps
sardinier sardine fisher or packer
sasseur sifter, winnower
satineur satiner, glazer
saucier sauce maker, sauce setter
saunier salt-maker, vendor
sauveteur rescuer, lifeboat man
savant scholar, scientist
savonnier soap boiler, manufacturer
scrutateur investigator
secouriste qualified first aider
sectateur follower, votary
seigneur lord, nobleman
sellier saddler
semainier officer, monk, actor
séranceur hackler
sergent-instructeur drill sergeant
serger or sergier serge weaver
serrurier locksmith
sertisseur setter, mounter
servreuse dry nurse
sicaire hired assassin
sioniste zionist
siroteur tippler
soiriste drama critic
soldat réformé invalid veteran
sommelier butler, cellarman
soudard old soldier, mercenary
souffleur de verre glass blower
sous-bibliothécaire assistant librarian
sous-chef deputy head clerk or manager
sous-commissaire undercommissary, assistant paymaster
souscripteur subscriber, underwriter
souscrivant underwriter
sous-diacre subdeacon
sous-directeur submanager
sous-économe subtreasurer
sous-fermier under-lessee
sous-governeur deputy-governor
sous-intendant deputy-commissary
sous-lieutenant second lieutenant
sous-lieutenant aviateur pilot officer
sous-Jocataire undertenant, subtenant
sous-officier noncommissioned officer
sous-préfet subprefect, under-sheriff
sous-secrétaire under-secretary
statuaire sculptor of statues
stockiste warehouseman or agent
sucrier sugar maker, vendor

T[edit | edit source]

French English
taillandier edge tool maker
tailleur d'habits tailor
tailleur de pierre stone cutter
talonnier heel maker
tamiseur sifter
tamisier sieve maker or vendor
tâteur feeler, taster, waverer
taupier mole catcher
tavernier tavern keeper
taxateur taxer, assessor
teilleur or tilleur scutcher
teinturier dyer
tendeur setter of snares
teneur de livres bookkeeper
theatin theatine (monk)
timbreur stamper
timonier steersman, helmsman
tirailleur sharpshooter, skirmisher
tireur marksman, rifleman
tisserand weaver
tisseur weaver
titulaire titular, incumbent, bearer
toilier dealer in linen, manufacturer of linen
toiseur measurer, quantity surveyor
tôlier manufacturer of sheet-iron
tombeur housebreaker, demolition worker
tondeur de drap cloth shearer
tonsuré cleric, priest
tordeur twister (silk)
tourbier peat worker, runner of peat bog
tourier monk or non attending the turn box
toumasseur thrower of pottery
traitant tax farmer
traiteur restaurant keeper, caterer
traqueur beater (in hunting)
travailleur worker, labourer
trayeur milker
treillageur or treillagiste trellis maker or vendor of lattice
trempeur temperer, whetter
trésorier treasurer
tresseur plaiter, braider
tricoteur knitter
trieur sorter, picker
trimardeur tramp, vagabond workman
tringlot trooper in the baggage train
tripotier gaming house keeper
trouveur discoverer, inventor
tulliste tulle maker or seller

U[edit | edit source]

French English
urbaniste city designer, town planner
usinier manufacturer, millowner
usurier usurer

V[edit | edit source]

French English
vaguemestre baggage master
vandevilliste vaudeville writer
vannier basket maker
veilleur de nuit night watchman
velite light armed soldier, skirmisher
veloutier velvet weaver
vendeur vendor, seller, salesperson
verdurier greengrocer
vergetier brush maker
vérificateur verifier, examiner, inspector
verrier glass maker
vicaire général vicar-general
vice-gérant deputy manager
vice-reine wife of viceroy
vice-roi viceroy
vidame vidame (minor noble)
vidangeur nightman, scavenger
vieux troupier old campaigner
vigie look-ut man
vigneron wine-dresser, wine grower
vignettiste vignette engraver
vilain village peasant
vinaigrier vinegar maker, merchant
viseur aimer (artillery)
viticulteur vine grower
vitrier glass maker, glazier
vivandier sutler, canteen manager
voilier sail maker, sailer
voleur thief, robber
voltigeur light infantry soldier, rifleman
voué one who vows
voyageur traveller
vrillier gimlet maker

W[edit | edit source]

French English
wattman tram driver

X[edit | edit source]

French English
xylographe xylographer, wood engraver

Z[edit | edit source]

French English
zingueur zinc worker

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