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| Swedish | Latin | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| adelsman | nobleman | ||
| arbetare | worker, laborer | ||
| arrendator | tenant farmer, leaseholder | ||
| avskedad | discharged, resigned | ||
| backstugusittare | one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller | ||
| bagare | baker | ||
| barnmorska | midwife | ||
| bergsman | miner | ||
| besökare | customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) | ||
| betjänt | servant, civil servant | ||
| bettlare | beggar | ||
| beväring | conscript | ||
| beväringsman | recruit | ||
| biträde | assistant | ||
| bokhållare | bookkeeper | ||
| bonde | farmer | ||
| borgare | citizen, burgher | ||
| borgmästare | mayor | ||
| brukare | tenant farmer, leaseholder | ||
| bruksarbetare | foundryman, mill hand, iron worker | ||
| bryggare | brewer | ||
| byggmästare | contractor, builder | ||
| båtsman | seaman, sailor | ||
| civilregistret | civil registrar | ||
| coopvaerdi | merchant marine | ||
| dagkarl | day laborer | ||
| danneman | farmer, gentleman | ||
| deja | maidservant, milkmaid | ||
| demoiselle | Miss | ||
| domare | judge | ||
| dragon | light cavalryman | ||
| dräng | farmhand, bachelor | ||
| fabriksarbetare | factory worker | ||
| fattighjon | pauper | ||
| fiskare | fisherman | ||
| fogde | sheriff, bailiff, warden | ||
| friherre | baron | ||
| fru | Mrs. | ||
| frälse | nobility | ||
| fröken | Miss | ||
| fältskär | assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon | ||
| fältväbel | sergeant major | ||
| försvarslös | unemployed person, vagrant | ||
| garvare | tanner | ||
| gesäll | journeyman | ||
| grenadjär | infantryman | ||
| gästgivare | innkeeper | ||
| gördelmakare | brazier | ||
| handelsman | merchant | ||
| handskmakare | glove maker | ||
| hantverkare | artisan | ||
| hattmakare | hatmaker | ||
| hemmansbrukare | farmer | ||
| hemmansägare | farmer, homeowner | ||
| hjon | pauper, person receiving social assistance | ||
| hjulmakare | wheelwright | ||
| husar | light cavalryman | ||
| husbonde | farmer | ||
| husfader | head of household, father | ||
| husfolk | farmers, farm people | ||
| husman | farm laborer (owned house but not land) | ||
| inhyses | lodger, tenant | ||
| jordegumma | midwife | ||
| jungfru | Miss, maiden, virgin | ||
| jägare | hunter | ||
| jägmästare | forester | ||
| kammarskrivare | assistant clerk | ||
| kaplan | assistant minister | ||
| kavallerist | cavalryman | ||
| klensmed | toolmaker, locksmith | ||
| klockare | parish clerk | ||
| kofferdi | merchant marine | ||
| kolare | charcoal burner | ||
| komminister | assistant minister | ||
| kopparslagare | coppersmith | ||
| krukmakare | potter | ||
| kyrkoherde | parish minister | ||
| kyrkovaktare | church officer | ||
| köpman | merchant | ||
| körsnär | furrier | ||
| lots | sea pilot | ||
| läkare | doctor | ||
| länsman | sheriff | ||
| lärare | teacher | ||
| lärling | apprentice | ||
| lösdrivare | vagrant | ||
| maskinist | machinist, engineer | ||
| matros | sailor, seaman | ||
| mjölnare | miller | ||
| murare | mason | ||
| mästare | master | ||
| nybyggare | settler | ||
| nämdeman | juryman | ||
| pastor | parish minister | ||
| piga | maid, maiden, servant girl | ||
| profoss | flogmaster (military) | ||
| prost | dean | ||
| präst | minister | ||
| rotesoldat | soldier for a district in a parish | ||
| ryttare | cavalryman | ||
| rådman | councilman | ||
| rättare | farm foreman | ||
| sexman | parish caretaker | ||
| sjöman | sailor, seaman | ||
| skarprättare | executioner, hangman | ||
| skarpskytt | sharpshooter | ||
| skeppare | skipper | ||
| skogvaktare | forester | ||
| skollärare | schoolteacher | ||
| skomakare | shoemaker | ||
| skräddare | tailor | ||
| slaktare | meat cutter, butcher | ||
| smed | blacksmith | ||
| snickare | carpenter | ||