Questions tagged [professions]
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What is the professional title of a messenger-bird-keeper?
I'm creating a history/fantasy story containing carrier pigeons or other messenger birds.
Historically, as far as I understand it, certain people professionally trained and kept carrier pigeons or other messenger birds, and would charge a fee for…
cowlinator
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How old is the term "child minder"?
I was interested in finding out when the term child minder was first used.
Rhyan_SR
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Is there a specific word for pen maker?
I have searched but all I can find is "pen maker" for someone who makes pens. Is there an alternative like "cobbler" for someone who makes shoes?
pondermatic
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Do we have other professions other than astronauts who are named based on the country the work for?
The other day I was reading an article and came across the word:
taikonaut, which Wiktionary defines as:
Noun
taikonaut (plural taikonauts)
A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.]
The…
Mou某
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Word for a far-out archivist?
Jesus was a carpenter. According to some sources, when his dad couldn't fit a board for a bed, the young Jesus just stretched them to make them the same length. Still, he is called a carpenter.
If Jesus was an archivist, and could perform similarly…
Cris
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The equivalent of baccalauréat diploma for the Anglo-American educational system
In professional life, it is necessary to know the English way of expressing your level of education.
As you know, the baccalauréat is the diploma awarded to those finishing their secondary education.
In America, is it a “bachelor’s degree”, a “high…
Abdennour TOUMI
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Word cluster for jobs where people perform the functions of
What are the words for jobs where people perform the following functions :
Classifying things, cataloguing things, annotating things, organizing things.
I thought of things like : natural historian, taxonomist, but I am sure there are a whole lot…
Cris
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