| Original Language |
English |
| agente |
diplomatic agent |
| ambasciatore |
ambassador |
| aiutante |
assistant to a butler |
| avocato; advocato; avvocato |
lawyer |
| avvocato; advocato; avocato |
lawyer |
| baglia; balia |
wet-nurse |
| balia; baglia |
wet-nurse |
| barbiero |
barber |
| batteloro |
gold-beater |
| calzolaro; scarpinello |
shoemaker |
| cameriera (f.) |
maidservant |
| cameriero (m); camieriero (m.) |
servant |
| camieriero (m.); cameriero (m) |
servant |
| canonico |
a canon, refers to a member of the clergy |
| cantore |
cantor singer |
| capellano; cappellano |
chaplain |
| capo vaccaro |
cattle herder |
| cappellano; capellano |
chaplain |
| cardinal |
cardinal |
| carzer |
possibly a rendering of the Italian carceriere, meaning ‘jailer’ |
| cocchiere; cucchiero; cuchiere |
coachman |
| coco; cuoco |
cook (m.) |
| copista; scriptore |
scribe |
| corteggiano |
1) a courtier(formal); 2) a courtesan (informal) |
| creado |
a transcribed rendering of the Spanish word criado, meaning ‘servant’ |
| credentiere; magiordomo |
butler |
| cucchiero; cocchiere; cuchiere |
coachman |
| cuchiere; cocchiere; cucchiero |
coachman |
| cuoca |
cook (f.) |
| cuoco; coco |
cook (m.) |
| dispensiere; fattore |
steward |
| dottore |
doctor |
| fallegname |
carpenter |
| fattore; dispensiere |
steward |
| fisico |
physician |
garzone
|
1) page; 2) boy servant |
| guardaroba |
wardrober, a servant in charge of a household's clothes |
| herbarolo |
herbalist |
| hoste |
innkeeper |
| imbiancatore |
whitewasher |
| infermiero |
nurse |
| lavorante |
labourer |
| maestro (m.); mastra (f.) |
master of the house |
| magiordomo; credentiere |
butler |
| mastra (f.); maestro (m.) |
master of the house |
| mercante |
merchant |
| merciaro |
haberdasher |
| mondezzaro |
seller of trinkets |
| muratore |
bricklayer, mason |
| notario |
notary |
| orefice |
goldsmith |
| organista |
organist |
| padrone |
landlord |
| palafreniere |
a groomer of horses, ostler |
| pittore |
painter |
| prete (sometimes rendered as padre); sacerdote |
priest |
| priora |
prioress,a nun in charge of a priory (below rank of an abbess) |
| priore |
prior, a rank often lower than an abbot, in charge of running a monastery |
| procuratore |
1) tax collector; 2) legal attorney |
| regattiero |
a seller of second-hand goods |
| registratore de suppliche |
petitioner, (lit. recorder of supplications) |
| sacerdote; prete (sometimes rendered as padre) |
priest |
| sacrestano; sacristano |
sexton, lay office of a church, in charge of maintenance |
| sacristano; sacrestano |
sexton, lay office of a church, in charge of maintenance |
| sartore |
tailor |
| scalco |
a carver of meat within a household kitchen (not to be confused with a common butcher: macello (Latin), macellaio (Italian)) |
| scarpinello; calzolaro |
shoemaker |
| scholare; scholaro; studente |
student |
| scholaro; scholare; studente |
student |
| scriptore; copista |
scribe |
| scrittore Apostolico |
Papal scribe |
| secretario; segretario |
secretary |
| segretario; secretario |
secretary |
| sotto credentiere |
footman |
| spenditore; spidit.re |
1) treasurer; 2) bursar, someone who deals with the money of an organization |
| spidit.re; spenditore |
1) treasurer; 2) bursar, someone who deals with the money of an organization |
| serba; serva; servitrice |
maidservant |
| serva; serba; servitrice |
maidservant |
| servitrice; serba; serva |
maidservant |
| servitore; servo |
servant |
| servitu; servitore; servo; servitrice |
servant |
| servo; servitore |
servant |
| staffiera |
1) footwoman; 2) servant (more-likely) |
| staffiero |
footman |
| stillatore |
possibly a 'distiller,' (from Latin: destillare, 'to distil') |
| studente; scholar; scolaro |
student |
| suora |
nun |
| trenitore d’ossi |
1)‘bone beater,’ someone who either made various items out of bone (buttons, handles for knives); 2)someone who was employed in the making of glue |