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25 May, 14:23

Were all occupational names given literally the occupation of the person given the name?

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  1. 25 May, 14:35
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    Not all occupational names were given literally. For example, Farmer did not mean he worked on a farm with crops, it actually meant he was a tax collector. Also, the name Banker meant "dweller on a hillside" instead of what you probably thought it meant.
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