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Name Term description
Name M./Mar. Term description

Married
Name M.S. Term description

Male servant, maiden surname, merchant service
Name MA Term description

Master of Arts. Can be liberal arts, humanities, fine arts, social sciences, or theology.
Name MA MC Term description

Master of Arts in Ministry for a Multicultural Church
Name Macer Term description

Mace bearer, usher in a court of law
Name Macer before Court of Session Term description

Mace bearer, usher in a court of law
Name Machinery wright Term description

One who makes machinery
Name Magistrate Term description

Judge in local court
Name Mail maker Term description

Preparer and seller of (oat)meal
Name Mail, maills and duties Term description

Mail is the Scots word for rent; maills and duties were the yearly rents of an estate due in money or grain.
Name Maillmaker Term description

Preparer and seller of (oat)meal
Name Major Term description

Commissioned army rank, in charge of battalion
Name Major Term description

Person of full legal age (21 before 1970, 18 after 1970).
Name Major-general Term description

Senior commissioned army rank, senior to lieutenant-general
Name Malignant fever Term description

A fever likely to be fatal.
Name Malter Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)
Name Maltmaker Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)
Name Maltman Term description

Processed barley into malt for brewing
Name Maltmill-maker Term description

One who makes mills for preparing malt
Name Maltster Term description

Processor of barley etc into malt (for brewing or distilling)
Name Man cook Term description

One who prepares general hot food
Name Man of weir Term description

Wirman, fighting man, soldier
Name Manager Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory
Name Manager of a business Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory
Name Manager of a ropery Term description

One in charge, usually of shop or factory