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Old Dutch Names and the meanings

Daghuerder = Day laborer

Dagloner = Day laborer

Dekker = Roofer, slater or reed-thatcher

Diefleyer = Helper of the sheriff

Hopman = Chief, leader, headman

Horlogiemaker = Horloger /clockmaker/watchmaker

(Hout) draeyer = Turner in wood

(Hout) drucker = Blockprinter

Houtenbeeldsnyder = Wooden statue sculptor

Houtenprinsnyder = Wood engraver

Houtgraveur = Wood-engraver

Houthakker = Wood-cutter, timber-cutter

Houtsnijder = Wood-carver, -sculptor

Houtzager = Sawyer

Jager = Hunter

Klerk = Clerk, schoolmaster, registrar, secretary

Koopman = Salesman, merchant

Kramer, kremer = Pedlar, hawker, cheapjack, market-vendor

Kuiper = 1. Cooper, bucket-maker; 2. Herring-packer(in buckets); 3. In the paper making -mostly in a papermill- the man who's helping, and standingasides the big paper-tub; 4. In Groningen coopermakers and cartwrights were working at the same place and

owned by the same proprietor: in this case the 'kuiper' was called 'koeper' -Groningen

dialect- and he could be making wheels, wagons and coaches as well.

Landbouwer = Farmer, agriculturalist (See also: Landman)

Landgraaf -Landgrave

Landheer = Landowner, landlord

Landman = Farmer

Landvrouw = Farmer's wife

Schout = Bayliff, sheriff

Schepen = Sheriff, magistrate, alderman

Scheper = Shepherd

Setmeyer (Fr) = Tenant-farmer without a tenancy agreement

Timmerman = Carpenter