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Packman - a peddler; a person who traveled around carrying goods for sale in his pack

Palmer - a pilgrim; one who had been, or pretended to have been, to the Holy Land

Paneler - saddler

Pannarius - clothier and draper

Pardoner - a seller of indulgences

Parochus - rector, pastor

Peever - a pepper seller

Pelterer - skinner; one who worked with animal skins

Peregrinator - itinerant wanderer

Peruker - wig maker

Pettifogger - a shyster lawyer

Pictor - painter

Pigman - crockery dealer

Pilcher - maker of pilches

Pinder - keeper of the pound or pinfold

Piscarius - fishmonger

Pistor - miller or baker

Pitman - a coal miner

Plowman - a farmer

Ploughwright - one who makes or repairs plows

Plumber - one who worked with lead; eventually came to apply to a tradesman who installed or repaired (lead) pipes and drains

Porcher - pig-keeper

Porter - gate-keeper or door-keeper

Poulterer - dealer in poultry

Puddler - wrought iron worker

Pynner - pin-maker

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