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Name	Term description
Name Gabartman/gabert-man/gabertman/gabert man	Term description Boatman (on a lighter), bargee
Name Gairdner/gairner	Term description One employed to tend a garden
Name Gaits/gaitis	Term description Goats. For more information, see our guide to agricultural produce and livestock.
Name Gallon	Term description A unit of liquid measure. It was equivalent to 8 Scots pints (a Scots pint equalled around 2 ¾ Imperial pints). For more information, see our guide to weights and measures.
Name Galloping consumption	Term description A rapid form of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Name Gamekeeper	Term description A person in charge of wild game on an estate
Name Ganger	Term description The foreman of a gang of labourers
Name Gaoler	Term description One who keeps a jail or is responsible for the security of a jail
Name Gardener/gardner/gardiner	Term description One employed to tend a garden
Name Gauger	Term description A person who works in excise
Name Gause or velvet weaver	Term description One who uses a loom to make fine cloth or velvet
Name GBE	Term description Knight Grand Cross, or Dame Grand Cross, of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Name GD	Term description General Disposition
Name GDeed of S	Term description General Deed of Settlement
Name Gen. Lab.	Term description General labourer
Name General	Term description Senior commissioned army rank
Name General examiner of the Customs	Term description Auditor or inspector of business
Name General inspector of tobaccos	Term description One appointed to see that an official function is being carried out properly, for instance the collection of revenue
Name General supervisor	Term description Overseer of, usually, an office
Name General supervisor of Excise	Term description Overseer, often of customs or office work
Name Genitour	Term description Doorkeeper, caretaker
Name Gentleman	Term description 1. Civil rank, above commoners and below nobility. 2. A well-to-do man of no occupation
Name Gentleman factor	Term description 1. Civil rank, above commoners and below nobility. 2. Estate or farm manager.
Name Gentleman of the Horse Guards	Term description Civil rank, above commoners and below nobility
Name Gentleman's servant	Term description Civil rank, above commoners and below nobility