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Dareman - dairyman

Daunsel - gentleman in waiting; groom; squire

Dexter - dyer

Diviner - one who finds water under the ground using dowsing rods or witching stick

Docker - stevedor; dock worker who loads and unloads cargo

Dowser - one who finds water under the ground using dowsing rods or witching stick

Draper - dealer in cloth and dry goods

Drayman - driver of a dray, a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads

Dresser - surgeon's assistant in a hospital

Drover - driver of animals to market; dealer in cattle

Drummer - traveling salesman

Dubbere - cloth dubber, one who raises the nap of cloth

Duffer - peddler

Dyer - one who dyes cloth

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