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Occupations found in Prussia (Translated) |
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| Ackermann - small farmer Adeliger or Edelmann - nobleman Amtmann - senior clerk of civil service Amtsbezirk - area of jurisdiction Amtsgericht - district court Arbeitsmann - laborer, non-farm worker Arzt - physician Aufseher - supervisor Auslander - foreigner Auswander - emigrant Arzt - physician Bauer - modern term after about 1850 for middle-sized farmer (500 Morgen) Baumgartner - gardener Beamter - official Bede - tax Bergmann - miner Bierbrauer or Biersieder - beer brewer Böttcher - cooper - a barrel (or cask) maker Briefbote or Briefträger- mailman Buchdrucker - printer Büttel - court official Büdner - cottager Buttner - cooper Büdner - very small farmer Bürger - citizen Bürgermeister - mayor Dachdecker - roof tiler Diener - servant Dienerin - maid servant Deputant - land laborer paid in (Deputat) like grain, potatoes, lodging Eingepfarrte Dörfer - villages belonging to a church-district. Einlieger - a laborer who lived on the farm Einwohner (pre 1850) - resident (living in that place) Emphyteut (pre 1850) - tenant on royal Amt land (West Prussia only) Erbpächter - hereditary farmers Feldmesser - surveyor Fischer - fisherman Flaschenmacher - bottle maker Fleischer - butcher Förster - forest ranger Fuhrmann - coachman, wagoner Fremder - stranger Gärtner - gardener Gästwirt - innkeeper Gaukler - vagabond, minstrel, magician Geistlicher - clergyman Gemeinde - town, village or community Gerber - tanner Gesell - journeyman Gevälter or Gevatterin - Godfather Glockner - sexton, bell ringer Graf - count or earl Greis - old man Grenadier - infantryman Grobsschmied - blacksmith Gross-Herzog - grand duke Gutsbesitzer - modern term after about 1850 for large estate farmer Hakenbuedner - store owner/tenant selling supplies displayed on hooks on walls or ceiling Halbbauer - a farmer with a smaller amount of land than a Bauer Hammerschmied - blacksmith Händler - trader, merchant Handwerker - craftsman Hausmeister - caretaker Hebamme - midwife Herzog - duke Hide - about 40 acres of land Hirtin - herder Hoeker - same as Hakenbuedner Hofmeister - a foreman (kept payrolls, hired seasonal workers, and oversaw the work done) Hufen - about 80 acres of land Hufenbauern - full owners of a farm Hufenmeister - a collecter of land rent Imker - beekeeper Inwohner - inhabitant Instfrau - single female worker Instmann - single worker Jungfer - old maid Junggesellen - bachelorKätner or Katner - a day worker Kanter - singer Kaufmann - merchant Kerkermeister - jailer Kessler - boilerman |
Kirchenschoffe - church council Kneckt - servant Koch - cook Kossat - a small farmer, with no horses Korbplechter - basket maker or basket weaver Kossäten Gärtner - small farmers or land cottagers Krüger - tenant of inn, pub or pharmacy owned and licensed by king, noble or landlord Krugpächter - same as Krueger Kuhirt - cowherder Kuhirtin - female cowherder Kupferschmied - coppersmith Küster - sexton Kutscher - coachman Landmann - farmer Landstreicher - tramp Laufer - messenger Lehrer - teacher, educator Lehrling - apprentice Leiermann - organ grinder Magd - maid servant Nachbar - member of group (Nachbarschaft) leasing land from landlord Magister - schoolmaster Maier - overseer or painter Mälzer - beer distiller Mauerer - mason Metzger - butcher Müller - miller Mundel - orphan Musiker - musician Musketier - musketeer, infantry soldier Nachtwachter - night watchman Nadler - needle maker Nagelschmied - nailsmith Ochsenknecht - cow herder Pachter - lessee, one who leases land Pfarrer - minister Pfiefer - piper Probst - administrator of the law Puppenmacher - doll maker Richter - judge Ritter - knight Rittergutsbesitzer - owner of a large medieval estate farm. Sattier - saddle maker Schäenker or Schankwart - same as KrügerSchöffen - the court Schifter - sailor Schlosser - locksmith Schneider - taylor Schreiner - cabinet maker, joiner Schulz - the mayor Schuster - shoe maker Seiler - rope maker Siedler - settler Silberschmied - silver smith Soldat - soldier Standesamt - registry office Stellmacher - wheelwright Steuereinnehmer - tax collector Taufpate - Godfather Taufpatin - Godmother Taufpaten - Godparents Tagelöhner - land laborer earning daily wage in kind (Deputat), some cash Topfer - potter Trabant - foot soldier Traeger - pallbearer Träxl - wood turner Traiteur, Trakteur - master cook Traubenweber - cloth weave Trautgesell(e) - trusted journeyman Trautherr - trusted master Trautmann - trusted man Traexl, Traxler - wood turner Trechsler - wood turner Trimmer - freight hauler Trissler - treasurer Trödler - peddler Uhrmacher - clock maker Wagner - wagon maker Weber - weaver Wehmutter - midwife Wirt - innkeeper Zeidler - bee keeper Zeigler - brick maker Zigeuner - gipsy Zimmermann - carpenter Zuckerbäcker - candy maker |