List of Professions (I to Z)

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. iceman
    someone who cuts and delivers ice
  2. illusionist
    someone who performs magic tricks
  3. illustrator
    an artist who makes illustrations
  4. importer
    someone whose business involves importing goods from outside
  5. industrialist
    someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
  6. innkeeper
    the owner or manager of a hotel or lodge
  7. instructor
    a person whose occupation is teaching
  8. interpreter
    someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
  9. interrogator
    a questioner who is excessively harsh
  10. inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
  11. investigator
    someone who inquires carefully
  12. ironmonger
    someone who sells hardware
  13. ironworker
    a person who makes articles of iron
  14. jack
    someone who works with their hands
  15. jailer
    someone who guards prisoners
  16. janitor
    someone employed to clean and maintain a building
  17. jester
    a clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman
  18. jeweler
    someone in the business of selling jewelry
  19. jobber
    someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
  20. jockey
    someone employed to ride horses in horse races
  21. joiner
    a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
  22. jongleur
    a wandering medieval entertainer, especially a minstrel
  23. journalist
    a person who writes or broadcasts news stories
  24. journeyman
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  25. judge
    an official who decides questions before a court
  26. juggler
    a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
  27. jurist
    a legal scholar
  28. king
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
  29. knacker
    someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
  30. knight
    a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry
  31. baron
    a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
  32. laborer
    someone who works with their hands
  33. baroness
    a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
  34. landlady
    a landlord who is a woman
  35. landlord
    a property owner who leases property or housing to others
  36. landsman
    a person who lives and works on land
  37. lapidary
    relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
  38. laundress
    a working woman who takes in washing
  39. lawyer
    a professional person authorized for legal practice
  40. lecturer
    a public educator at certain universities
  41. librarian
    a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
  42. librettist
    a writer who creates the scripts for operas and musicals
  43. lifeguard
    an attendant who protects swimmers from accidents
  44. lighterman
    someone who operates a barge
  45. limner
    a painter or drawer of portraits
  46. lineman
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
  47. linguist
    a specialist in the study of language
  48. lister
    assessor who makes out the tax lists
  49. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  50. locksmith
    one who makes or repairs fasteners for doors, drawers, etc.
  51. longshoreman
    a laborer who loads and unloads ships at a waterfront
  52. lumberjack
    a person who cuts down trees
  53. lutenist
    a musician who plays the lute
  54. luthier
    a craftsman who makes stringed instruments
  55. lyricist
    a person who writes the words for songs
  56. machinist
    a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
  57. magistrate
    a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law
  58. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  59. maidservant
    a female domestic
  60. mailman
    a man who delivers the mail
  61. management
    the act of controlling something
  62. manager
    someone who controls resources and expenditures
  63. manicurist
    a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
  64. manufacturer
    someone who constructs or produces something
  65. mapper
    a clerk who marks data on a chart
  66. mariner
    a person who serves as a sailor
  67. marshal
    a military officer of highest rank
  68. mason
    a craftsman who works with stone or brick
  69. masseur
    a male massager
  70. masseuse
    a female massager
  71. master
    an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
  72. matador
    the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
  73. mate
    the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  74. mathematician
    a person skilled in the logic of quantity and arrangement
  75. mechanic
    a person who operates devices made to perform tasks
  76. mediator
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
  77. medic
    a medical practitioner in the armed forces
  78. medicine
    the profession devoted to alleviating diseases and injuries
  79. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  80. mercer
    a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
  81. merchant
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
  82. mesmerist
    a person who induces hypnosis
  83. messenger
    a person who carries a communication to a recipient
  84. midshipman
    a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training
  85. midwife
    a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  86. militia
    civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  87. milkmaid
    a woman who works in a dairy
  88. milkman
    someone who delivers milk
  89. miller
    someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
  90. milliner
    someone who makes and sells hats
  91. millwright
    a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
  92. miner
    laborer who extracts ores and minerals
  93. miniaturist
    someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
  94. minister
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  95. minstrel
    a singer of folk songs
  96. minter
    a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
  97. missionary
    someone sent to a foreign country to spread a religion
  98. model
    a person who wears clothes to display fashions
  99. modeller
    a person who creates models
  100. moneyer
    a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
  101. moneylender
    someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
  102. monk
    a male member of a religious community living under vows
  103. mountaineer
    someone who climbs mountains
  104. muleteer
    a worker who drives mules
  105. mummer
    an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
  106. muralist
    a painter of murals
  107. musician
    someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  108. musketeer
    a foot soldier armed with a musket
  109. nanny
    someone who cares for children
  110. navigator
    the officer in charge of guiding a ship
  111. negotiator
    someone who confers with others to reach a settlement
  112. newscaster
    someone who broadcasts the news
  113. noble
    of or belonging to hereditary aristocracy
  114. nobleman
    a titled peer of the realm
  115. notary
    someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify documents
  116. novelist
    one who writes fictional books
  117. numerologist
    a believer in numerology
  118. numismatist
    a collector and student of money, especially coins
  119. nun
    a woman religious
  120. nurse
    one skilled in caring for young children or the sick
  121. nursemaid
    a woman who is the custodian of children
  122. oboist
    a musician who plays the oboe
  123. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  124. oilman
    a person who owns or operates oil wells
  125. oncologist
    a specialist in oncology
  126. operator
    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
  127. ophthalmologist
    a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the eye
  128. optician
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  129. optometrist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  130. oracle
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  131. orderly
    a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
  132. organizer
    a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
  133. ornithologist
    a zoologist who studies feathered animals
  134. ostiary
    the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
  135. ostler
    someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
  136. otorhinolaryngologist
    a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
  137. outlaw
    a criminal, especially one on the run from police
  138. packer
    a workman employed to pack things into containers
  139. packman
    someone who travels about selling his wares
  140. painter
    an artist who paints
  141. paleontologist
    a specialist in fossil organisms and related remains
  142. paperer
    one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
  143. paralegal
    a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
  144. paramedic
    a person trained to give emergency medical treatment
  145. paraprofessional
    a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
  146. parapsychologist
    someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
  147. pardoner
    a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
  148. pastor
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  149. pathologist
    a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
  150. pawnbroker
    a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
  151. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  152. peddler
    someone who travels about selling wares
  153. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
  154. percussionist
    a musician who plays percussion instruments
  155. perfumer
    a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
  156. pettifogger
    a person who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
  157. pharmacist
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  158. philanthropist
    someone who makes charitable donations
  159. philologist
    a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
  160. philosopher
    a specialist in the investigation of existence and knowledge
  161. photographer
    someone who takes photographs professionally
  162. photojournalist
    a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs
  163. physician
    a licensed medical practitioner
  164. physicist
    a scientist trained in the science of matter and energy
  165. physiotherapist
    therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder
  166. pianist
    a person who plays the piano
  167. picador
    a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance in a bullfight
  168. pickpocket
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
  169. pigman
    a herder or swine
  170. pilgrim
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
  171. pilot
    someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
  172. pioneer
    one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
  173. piper
    someone who plays the bagpipe
  174. pirate
    someone who robs and plunders at sea
  175. pitman
    someone who works in a coal mine
  176. plaiter
    someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)
  177. plasterer
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
  178. player
    a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
  179. playwright
    someone who writes plays
  180. plowman
    a man who plows
  181. plumber
    a specialist who installs and repairs pipes
  182. poacher
    someone who hunts or fishes illegally
  183. podiatrist
    a specialist in care for the feet
  184. poet
    a writer of verse consisting of lines that often rhyme
  185. police
    the force of policemen and officers
  186. politician
    a leader engaged in civil administration
  187. pope
    the head of the Roman Catholic Church
  188. porter
    a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
  189. 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)
  190. potboy
    a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
  191. potter
    a craftsperson who makes ceramic objects
  192. presenter
    someone who presents a message of some sort
  193. president
    the leader of a republic or democracy
  194. prestidigitator
    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
  195. priest
    a clergyperson in a Christian church
  196. primate
    a senior clergyman and dignitary
  197. prince
    a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign
  198. princess
    a female member of a royal family other than the queen
  199. principal
    the educator who has executive authority for a school
  200. printer
    someone whose occupation is printing
  201. proctologist
    a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
  202. procurator
    a person authorized to act for another
  203. professional
    of or relating to or suitable as an occupation
  204. professor
    a member of the faculty at a college or university
  205. programmer
    a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
  206. proofreader
    someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
  207. prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration
  208. prospector
    someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
  209. psychiatrist
    a specialist in the treatment of mental disorders
  210. psychologist
    a specialist in the science of mental life
  211. publican
    the keeper of a public house
  212. publisher
    a person engaged in issuing periodicals or books or music
  213. purser
    an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
  214. quack
    an untrained person who pretends to be a physician
  215. quarrier
    a man who works in a quarry
  216. quarryman
    a man who works in a quarry
  217. quartermaster
    an officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
  218. radiographer
    a person who makes radiographs
  219. radiologist
    a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
  220. ragpicker
    an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
  221. rancher
    a person who owns or operates a ranch
  222. ranger
    an official responsible for managing an area of forest
  223. reaper
    someone who helps to gather the harvest
  224. receptionist
    an office worker who answers calls and greets visitors
  225. rectifier
    a person who corrects or sets right
  226. referee
    the official in a sport who is expected to ensure fair play
  227. registrar
    the administrator responsible for student records
  228. reporter
    a person who investigates or communicates news stories
  229. researcher
    a scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  230. restaurateur
    the proprietor of a restaurant
  231. retailer
    a merchant who sells goods directly to consumers
  232. revenuer
    a government agent responsible for collecting revenue
  233. rigger
    someone who rigs ships
  234. riveter
    a worker who fastens metal pieces together using pins
  235. roofer
    a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
  236. ropemaker
    a craftsman who makes ropes
  237. roper
    a craftsman who makes ropes
  238. rover
    someone who leads a wandering, unsettled life
  239. runner
    a trained athlete who competes in foot races
  240. rustler
    someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
  241. sacristan
    an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
  242. saddler
    a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
  243. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  244. sailmaker
    a maker of sails
  245. sailor
    any member of a ship's crew
  246. salesman
    a man salesperson
  247. salter
    someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
  248. sapper
    a military engineer who does sapping
  249. sartor
    a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
  250. sawbones
    a physician who specializes in surgery
  251. sawyer
    one who is employed to saw wood
  252. saxophonist
    a musician who plays the saxophone
  253. scientist
    a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields
  254. scout
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  255. screenwriter
    someone who writes screenplays
  256. scribe
    someone employed to make written copies of documents
  257. scrivener
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
  258. scrutineer
    someone who examines votes at an election
  259. scullion
    a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks
  260. sculptor
    an artist who creates three-dimensional artwork
  261. sealer
    an official who affixes a seal to a document
  262. seamstress
    someone who makes or mends clothes
  263. searcher
    someone making a search or inquiry
  264. secretary
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work
  265. seedsman
    a dealer in seeds
  266. sempstress
    someone who makes or mends dresses
  267. senator
    a member of a legislative assembly
  268. seneschal
    the servant in charge of all the staff at a large house
  269. serf
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
  270. sergeant
    a noncommissioned officer ranking above a corporal
  271. servant
    a person working in the service of another
  272. sexton
    an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
  273. sharecropper
    a tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
  274. shearer
    a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
  275. sheepman
    a man who raises (or tends) sheep
  276. shepherd
    someone who keeps sheep together in a flock
  277. sheriff
    the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
  278. shill
    a decoy who helps stimulate the participation of others
  279. shingler
    a worker who shingles roofs
  280. shipwright
    a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
  281. shoemaker
    a person who makes or repairs shoes
  282. shopkeeper
    a merchant who owns or manages a shop
  283. shrimper
    a vessel engaged in shrimping
  284. silversmith
    someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
  285. singer
    a person who sings
  286. skinner
    a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
  287. sleeper
    a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country
  288. sleuth
    a detective who follows a trail
  289. smith
    someone who works metal
  290. smuggler
    someone who imports or exports goods illegally
  291. socialite
    one who is well known or prominent in fashionable circles
  292. soldier
    an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
  293. solicitor
    a British lawyer who gives legal advice
  294. sommelier
    a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
  295. spinner
    someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
  296. spinster
    an elderly unmarried woman
  297. splitter
    a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
  298. sportsman
    someone who engages in sports
  299. spy
    (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
  300. squire
    a man who attends or escorts a woman
  301. stainer
    a worker who stains (wood or fabric)
  302. stationer
    a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
  303. statistician
    someone versed in the interpretation of numerical data
  304. steersman
    the person who steers a ship
  305. stenographer
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech
  306. stevedore
    a laborer who loads and unloads ships at a waterfront
  307. steward
    someone who manages property or affairs for someone else
  308. stitcher
    a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
  309. stockbroker
    an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
  310. stoker
    a laborer who tends fires
  311. stonecutter
    someone who cuts or carves stone
  312. stonemason
    a craftsman who works with stone or brick
  313. storyteller
    someone who tells a story
  314. streaker
    someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
  315. strikebreaker
    one who works during a protest against working conditions
  316. stringer
    a worker who strings
  317. stripper
    a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
  318. student
    a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
  319. stunt man
    a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
  320. supervisor
    one who has charge and direction of
  321. surgeon
    a physician who specializes in surgery
  322. surveyor
    an engineer who determines boundaries and elevations of land
  323. sutler
    a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
  324. swain
    a young male suitor
  325. sweep
    someone who cleans soot from chimneys
  326. swimmer
    a person who travels through the water by swimming
  327. swineherd
    a herder or swine
  328. cutler
    a dealer in cutlery
  329. tailor
    a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
  330. tallyman
    one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
  331. tanner
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
  332. tapper
    a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
  333. tapster
    a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
  334. taxidermist
    a craftsman who stuffs and mounts animal skins for display
  335. taxonomist
    a biologist specializing in the classification of organisms
  336. teacher
    a person whose occupation is instructing
  337. teamster
    someone who drives a truck as an occupation
  338. technician
    someone who is trained in a specific process
  339. technologist
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
  340. telegraphist
    someone who transmits messages by telegraph
  341. teller
    an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
  342. thatcher
    someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
  343. theologian
    someone who is learned in the study of religion
  344. theologist
    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
  345. therapist
    a person skilled in a particular type of care
  346. throwster
    a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
  347. tiler
    a worker who lays tile
  348. tiller
    someone who prepares the soil for the planting of crops
  349. timekeeper
    (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
  350. tinker
    one who earns a living by mending metal pots and utensils
  351. tinner
    someone who makes or repairs tinware
  352. tinsmith
    someone who makes or repairs tinware
  353. tinter
    a hairdresser who tints hair
  354. tipper
    a person who leaves a tip
  355. tippler
    someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
  356. toller
    a person who rings church bells
  357. toolmaker
    someone skilled in making or repairing tools
  358. trader
    someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
  359. tradesman
    a merchant who owns or manages a shop
  360. tramper
    a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk
  361. trampler
    someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
  362. translator
    a person who renders written messages in another language
  363. trapper
    someone who sets traps for animals
  364. trapper
    someone who sets traps for animals
  365. treasurer
    an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
  366. trencherman
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  367. troubadour
    a singer of folk songs
  368. tumbler
    a person who performs acrobatic or gymnastic feats
  369. turner
    a lathe operator
  370. turnkey
    someone who guards prisoners
  371. tutor
    a person who gives private instruction
  372. typist
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
  373. undertaker
    one whose business is the management of funerals
  374. underwriter
    an agent who sells insurance
  375. unemployed
    not engaged in a paying work
  376. upholsterer
    a craftsman who upholsters furniture
  377. urchin
    a poor and often mischievous city child
  378. urologist
    a specialist in urology
  379. usher
    someone employed to conduct others
  380. valet
    someone employed to park and retrieve cars
  381. vaquero
    a cowboy or cattle driver
  382. verger
    a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
  383. veterinarian
    a doctor who provides health care to animals
  384. vibraphonist
    a musician who plays the vibraphone
  385. vicar
    a Catholic priest who acts for a higher-ranking clergyman
  386. victualler
    a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
  387. Viking
    any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
  388. vintager
    a person who harvests grapes for making wine
  389. vintner
    someone who sells wine
  390. violinist
    a musician who plays the violin
  391. violist
    a musician who plays the viola
  392. wagoner
    the driver of a wagon
  393. wainwright
    a wagon maker
  394. waiter
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table
  395. waitress
    a woman waiter
  396. walker
    a person who travels by foot
  397. warden
    the chief official in charge of a prison
  398. warder
    a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
  399. warehouseman
    a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
  400. warrener
    maintains a rabbit warren
  401. watchmaker
    someone who makes or repairs watches
  402. watchman
    a guard who keeps watch
  403. waterman
    someone who drives or rides in a boat
  404. weatherman
    predicts the weather
  405. weaver
    an artisan who makes cloth by interlacing threads or yarn
  406. weeder
    a farmhand hired to remove weeds
  407. weeper
    a person who weeps
  408. weigher
    an official who weighs and records the weight
  409. welder
    a person that joins pieces of metal together
  410. wetter
    a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
  411. whaler
    a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
  412. wheeler
    someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
  413. wheelwright
    someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
  414. wigmaker
    someone who makes and sells wigs
  415. winder
    a worker who winds
  416. winemaker
    someone who makes wine
  417. witch
    a female sorcerer or magician
  418. wizard
    one who practices magic or sorcery
  419. woodcarver
    makes decorative wooden panels
  420. woodcutter
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
  421. wrangler
    a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
  422. wright
    someone who makes or repairs something
  423. writer
    a person who is able to write and has written something
  424. xylophonist
    someone who plays a xylophone
  425. yardman
    worker in a railway yard
  426. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  427. zoo keeper
    the chief person responsible for a zoological garden
  428. zoologist
    a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
Created on Wed Mar 06 10:40:33 EST 2013 (updated Wed Mar 06 13:17:23 EST 2013)

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