Terms of Profession (English to French)
abbot = abbé
administrators (mayor, ect) of each commune. = municipalité
aide de camp = aide-de-camp
attorney, procuator = procureur
blacksmith = maréchal-ferrant
brigadier = maréchal de camp
carpenter = menuisier
chancellor = chancellier
commissaries (political) = commissaires aux armées
commoner = roturier
count = comte
day labourer = journalier, manoeuvrier, manouvrier
duke = duc
economist = économiste
endocrinologist = endocrinologue
executive (business) = exécutif (d'affaires)
executive producer = producteur délégué
executor = exécuteur
fashion designer = couturier
functionnaries entrusted with general surveillance of the execution of legislation = commissaires du pouvoir exécutif
general manager = directeur général
intendant = intendant (agent du pouvoir royal, investi d'attributions illimitées dans une ou plusieurs provinces.) There is one in each généralité.
interior designer = designer
Justice of the Peace = juge de paix
lord = seigneur
magistrate, high state functionary = robin
manager = directeur, gérant
marquis = marquis
marshal of France, field marshal = maréchal
master = sieur
men-at-armes = hommes d'armes
monoploist, hoarder (esp of grain) = accapareur
municipal magistrates of Toulouse = capitouls
office worker, functionary = bureaucrate
opera singer = chanteuse d'opéra
peasant (economically dependant) = closier
personel manager = chef, directeur du personnel
pharmacist = pharmacien
physician, medical practitioner = médecin
plastic surgeon = chirurgien esthétique
police chief = préfet de police
politician = (homme) politique
principal county magistrat = échevin
priest (parish) = curé
prior = prieur
psychologist = psychologue
receiver and manager = administrateur (d'une faillite)
resident = habitant
sales manager = directeur commercial
sergeant (artillery, cavalry, ect) = maréchal des logis
sergeant-major (battery or squadron) = maréchal des logis-chef
squire = écuyer
superintendant, police chief, representatif, commissary = commissaire
valet, page du roi = varlet
vice president = vice-président
workers = ouvriers
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