PL-occ 6638 961109 Polish occupation definitions list +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Polish Occupation Definitions +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ A JewishGen InfoFile Compiled by: Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis Polish English Rough Translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ akuszerca midwife aptekarz dispensing chemist, pharmacist arendarz lease-holder, innkeeper artysta artist bakalarz teacher bankier banker belek bela = log, belka = beam belfer assistant melamed in cheder blacharz plumber, tinker, tinsmith browarnik brewer brukarz paver bufetowy bartender burmistrz mayor ceglarz brickmaker chazan cantor ciesla carpenter cyrulik barber-surgeon czapnik cap-maker czarownik medicine man czeladnik journeyman czlowiek studiujacy student doktor doctor domu czynszowego landlord dozorca boznicny synagogue caretaker drobny kupiec chandler drukarz printer duchowny clergyman dziedzic landlord dzierzawca tenant ekonomia bailiff, land-steward farbarz dyer fabrykant manufacturer faktor broker felczer assistant surgeon fryzjer barber furman cart-driver galanternik outfitter, seller of fancy goods garbarz tanner garncarz potter gorzelnik alcohol distiller gospodarz farm-owner gornik miner grabarz grave-digger handlarz peddler handlarz bydlo cattle peddler handlarz chmielu hops peddler handlarz drzewa wood peddler handlarz zboza corn/grain peddler introligator bookbinder jalmuznik alms giver kahalny senior kahal member kamieniarz stone cutter kantor cantor kapelusznik hatter karabelnik hawker, peddler karczmarz innkeeper kominiarz chimney-sweep komarnik cottager kotlarz coppersmith, brazier kowal blacksmith kramarz stall-keeper krawiec tailor krawiec damski dressmaker krawcowa dressmaker kreslarz draftsman krochmalnik starch maker or merchant kucharz cook kupiec merchant kusnierz furrier laznik bath attendant lekarz physician lesnik forester listonosz postman maczarz flour miller majster master craftsman malarz painter mleczarz dairyman mlynarz miller mosiaznik brass worker, brazier mularz, murarz mason muzykant musician mydlarz soap-maker najemnik day laborer nauczyciel teacher, schoolmaster oberzysta tavern keeper ogrodnik farmer, gardener pachciarz tenant palacz stoker/fireman or distiller parobek farmhand piekarz baker pisarz author piwowar brewer podkahalny lesser kahal member podrabin assistant rabbi poeta poet pogrzebacz poker, grave digger policjant policeman poslugacz servant, porter producent manufacturer przekupien peddler, dealer, huckster przemysl industry przewoznik ferryman, carrier, boatman przybion outfit, equipment, fittings rabin rabbi radzorca overseer radzic advisor rewizor controller robotnik worker robotnik rolny farmhand rolnik farmer rozny diverse rybak fisherman rysownik draftsman rzemieslnik artisan rzezak mohel rzezblarz sculptor rzeznik butcher, shochet sklepikarz shop keeper skornik tanner slodownik maltster sluzacy servant smolarz pitch-burner solny salt stelmach cart/wheel maker stolarz carpenter straznik, stroz doorkeeper, watchman, guardian stypzndysta scholar sukiennik clothier, draper szewc shoemaker szklarz glazier szkolnik synagogue sexton szmuklarz lace maker szpektor teacher's assistant szpitalnik hospital worker szpekulant money-lender szwaczca seamstress szynkarz innkeeper slusarz locksmith tapicer upholsterer targownik peddler terminator apprentice tkacz weaver tokarz turner (lathe) towar goods, merchandise uczen scholar uczony student urzednik clerk waciarz quilt maker wapniarz lime burner wiernik trustee winnik wine maker wlasciciel proprietor, owner wloscianin peasant wyrobnica day-laborer, charwoman wyrobnik day-laborer wyszynkarz innkeeper wytwórca manufacturer zebrak beggar zegarmistrz watchmaker zlotnik goldsmith znachor medicine man zniwiarz reaper zolnierz soldier --- Compiled from a variety of sources, with help from Warren Blatt and Michael Tobias. -------------- [9Nov96lbe]bik Copyright 1996 by JewishGen Inc. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+