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Name	Term description
Name Labourer	Term description Workman
Name Lace-weaver	Term description Weaver of laces (cords)
Name Laceman	Term description Maker of laces (cords)
Name Ladie	Term description Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman
Name Ladies' hairdresser and perfumer	Term description One who arranges women's hair and sells perfume
Name Lady	Term description Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman
Name Laird	Term description Landowner, landlord, chief
Name Land labourer	Term description Workman
Name Land officer in HM Customs	Term description One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration
Name Land surveyor	Term description One who estimates or measures area of land
Name Land-laborer/land-labourer	Term description Workman
Name Land-measurer	Term description One who estimates or measures area of land
Name Land-steward	Term description One who looks after the lands of an estate
Name Land-surveyor	Term description One who estimates or measures area of land
Name Land-surveyor of Customs	Term description One who estimates or measures area of land
Name Land-waiter/landwaiter	Term description Customs officer, who oversaw the landing of goods
Name Lapper	Term description Worked in textile finishing, folding or doubling the cloth repeatedly upon itself ready for packing
Name Last-maker	Term description Maker of lasts (for shoemaking)
Name Late	Term description Formerly, deceased
Name Lath-splitter	Term description Person who splits wood into laths
Name Latter W	Term description Latter Will
Name Lawful daughter/son	Term description Legitimate daughter/son
Name Laxfisher	Term description Salmon fisherman
Name LDiv	Term description Licentiate in Divinity
Name LDS	Term description Licentiate in Dental Surgery