{
  "id": "obsolete-occupations",
  "name": "Obsolete Occupations",
  "title": "Obsolete Occupations",
  "description": "Historical and obsolete occupations that are no longer commonly practised in the modern economy.",
  "category": "economy",
  "source": "https://github.com/dariusk/corpora",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/dariusk/corpora",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 168,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "occupation",
      "label": "Occupation",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "occupation": "alchemist"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "alewife"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "amtmann"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "arendator"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "arrephoros"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "ash burner"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "baby farmer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "badger"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "beamer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "bear-leader"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "bematist"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "between maid"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "bobbin boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "bombardier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "book peddler"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "breaker boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "broomsquire"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "bullocky"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "burlak"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cabin boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "castrato"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cavalry"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "chapman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "charcoal burner"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "chopchurch"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cigarette girl"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "city guard"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "coachman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "colportage"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cooper"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cornjerker"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "court dwarf"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "crossing sweeper"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cuirassier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "cup-bearer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "dahomey amazon"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "deal porter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "doffer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "dog whipper"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "donkey puncher"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "dragoon"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "drummer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "drysalter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "dyachok"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "dyak"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "elevator operator"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "engagé"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "exilarch"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "expressman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "fangshi"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "feeder of lice"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "fendersmith"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "fifer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "footman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "francs-tireur"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "freischar"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "galley slave"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "gandy dancer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "glimmer man"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "gong farmer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "groom of the Stool"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "grubber"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "gungnyeo"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hall boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "harquebusier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "heavy infantryman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "herb strewer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hessian"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hetaira"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hippei"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hiwi"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hoplite"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "computer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "hurrier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "ice cutter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "iceman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "immortals"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "impus"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "instigator regnus"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "investigating censor"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "kenin"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "khapper"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "knocker-up"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "lady's companion"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "lamp trimmer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "lamplighter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "law-writer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "leech collector"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "limner"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "line infantryman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "link-boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "Łowczy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "marchand-mercier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "master of the Buckhounds"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "matagi"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "mounted infantryman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "mud clerk"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "mudlark"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "mule scavenger"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "münzmeister"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "mursmäcka"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "ninja"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "nursemaid"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "packetman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "paedagogus"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "peddler"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "pevchy dyak"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "pinsetter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "plague doctor"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "podyachy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "portreeve"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "postilion"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "poundmaster"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "powder monkey"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "priest hunter"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "printer's devil"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "privateer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "professional mourner"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "punkah wallah"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "ragpicker"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "reeve"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "resident"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "resin worker"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "retinue"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "rhapsode"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "rower woman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "runemaster"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "rynda"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "samurai"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "sandal-bearer"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "sanggung"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "scribe"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "scrivener"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "scullery maid"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "scutelnic"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "seeress"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "seneschal"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "situ"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "skomorokh"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "slave catcher"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "soda jerk"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "sōhei"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "spearman"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "stavilac"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "still room maid"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "sugar-baker"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "swabian child"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "switchboard operator"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "taffeltäckare"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "tawaif"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "tea lady"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "teamster"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "telegraphist"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "thief-taker"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "toad doctor"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "tosher"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "town crier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "troubadour"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "tselovalnik"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "uinyeo"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "umalohokan"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "useful man"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "vivandière"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "voltigeur"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "water carrier"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "wheelwright"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "whipping boy"
    },
    {
      "occupation": "yiji"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Obsolete Occupations - Free Download",
    "description": "Historical and obsolete occupations that are no longer commonly practised in the modern economy. Contains 168 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Obsolete Occupations | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Obsolete Occupations — 168 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 168 records / 1 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/dariusk/corpora"
    ]
  }
}