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Name	Term description
Name Kaichpeller	Term description Tennis-court keeper or attendant
Name KBE	Term description Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Name Keeper	Term description One in charge of maintaining or guarding, usually a building
Name Keeper of cantine	Term description One in charge of maintaining or guarding, usually a building
Name Keilman	Term description Dealer in keel (ruddle for marking sheep) or a furnaceman ('keill' or 'kill' was a Scots word for 'kiln')
Name Kertar	Term description One who makes or drives carts
Name Kibes	Term description Chilblains
Name King's boatman	Term description One who works in a boat
Name King's remembrancer	Term description Officer charged with collecting debts to the Sovereign
Name King's smith	Term description One appointed by the court to work metals
Name King's weigher	Term description One appointed by the court to weigh and measure goods
Name King's-boatman	Term description One who operates a boat used by the Royal household
Name Kinkhoast	Term description Whooping cough
Name Kintyre-pursuivant	Term description A member of the Lyon court
Name Kirk officer	Term description One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration
Name Knight	Term description Lowest rank of nobility
Name Knight-marischall	Term description Office held by Sir John Keith, 3rd son of the 6th Earl Marischal
Name Knock-maker	Term description Mallet maker (for beating linen etc.)
Name Knycht	Term description Lowest rank of nobility
Name KT	Term description Knight
Name Ky and followers	Term description A cow with calves. For more information, see our guide to agricultural produce and livestock.
Name Ky/kyne	Term description Heifer ('ky' was the singular; 'kyne' the plural). Variants included 'quey', 'coy' or 'quoy'. For more information, see our guide to agricultural produce and livestock.