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Romanian Occupation Definitions - English Translations

Compiled by: Paula Zieselman & Terry Lasky
The following list of occupations in the Romanian language was compiled by Paula Zieselman and Terry Lasky, with assistance from Susanna Vendel, Marcel Bratu, and Prof. Ladislau Gyemant. This list was compiled in the course of entering the data for the Tabele Barbitalor (1942 census of Jewish males), which now resides in the JewishGen Romania Database. Some of these are archaic or obscure terms, no longer current. Romanian diacritics have not been used. Please note that the Romanian terms have been entered exactly as the clerks wrote them in 1942. They are therefore subject to any mispellings, etc., that they might have used at that time. When the correct spelling is known it is also shown following a slash (/). absolvent (abs.) acad. achizitor acrobat adjunet (ad.) / adjunct administrar (adm.) adunator agent (ag.) agentura agricultor (agric.) agronom ajutar / ajutor ajutor alamar alienat alunar ambalage / ambalajor ambulant angajat anticar antreprenor apar apreteur aramar architect / arhitect arendas argintar arhitect arhivar armator artist ascutitor asfaltor asigurare (asig.) asistent (asist.) atelier atelier de sat. autodidact autor autorizat avocat bacal bacalaureat bacanist baiat (de) pravalie graduate academy buyer acrobat assistant administrator gatherer, collector agent, broker agency farmer agronomist, farmer assistant assistant brass worker lunatic hazelnut dealer packer itinerant employee second hand bookseller contractor water carrier laundry worker copper worker architect leaseholder silversmith architect archivist ship owner artist sharpener asphalt producer insurance assistant artist's studio, workshop village workshop self-taught author authorized lawyer merchant graduate grocer shopboy

af. intampl. (afaceri intimplatoare) occasional business

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baie banca bancher barbier bastonar bauturi belfer bibliotecar bijutier binoclu birjar birou birtas bis (following a number) blanar blat boccegui / (boceagiu, boccegiu) boiangiu bolnav bomboana botagiu bragagiu bulgar bricicar broder broder militar brodeur brutar bucatar buccegui / (boceagiu, boccegiu) bufetier bumbacar buretar bursa butmar / butnar caciular cadastru cafanea / cafenea cafenea cafengiu / cafegiu caingui de tuitun calatori caldarar caldarariu calfa camatar camionagiu camionar cantibil / contabil cantor capras caramidar caraus carbunarita carciumar carnatar carnetar / carnatar carte carton cartonagist cartonagiu carucar carutas casap casier

bathhouse bank banker barber, hairdresser walking stick maker liquor teacher (primary) librarian jeweler binoculars, opera glasses cabman agency, bureau innkeeper bis furrier plasterer peddler dyer invalid sweets wine cask maker braga (soft drink) seller barber embroiderer military embroiderer embroiderer baker cook peddler bartender cotton goods merchant mushroom seller stockmarket cooper cap maker survey caf caf coffeehouse owner tobacco seller travel coppersmith coppersmith journeyman, craftsman money-lender, usurer carter, drayman truck driver bookkeeper cantor goatkeeper brickmaker carter (female) coal merchant tavern-keeper, publican sausage maker sausage maker book, card cardboard cardboard maker cardboard maker wagoneer wagoneer, carter butcher cashier

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casnica catifea catihet caufeur CFR cazangui ceaprazar ceasornicar ceaus cenzor / censor cepegar ceprezar ceramicar cereale CFR / C. F. R. chelner chemist / chimist cherestea cherestigiu / cherestegiu chimie chimist chiosc de zaile / chiosc de ziare chiristigiu / cherestegiu chirug / chirurg chirurg ciment cimitir cinematografist cioclu cioplitor piatra ciorar / ciurar circiumar / carciumar cirnatar / carnatar cismar / cizmar ciubotar ciubucciu ciuntu ciurar civila civile cizmar coafor cofetar cojocar colecta colector colector metali reforma colorist colportat / colportor Com. Ort. Tim. comediant comerc (com) comercial comerciant comert comert conf. decl. comic. voiajar / coml. voiajor comisionar comista compactor comptabil comunitate concesionar cond. fabrica cond. intrep.

housewife velvet religious teacher engine driver boiler maker makes lace, ribbons, tassels for military uniforms watchmaker low level clerk, minor official censor hatter beret maker ceramist grain railroad waiter chemist timber timber merchant chemistry chemist newsstand timber merchant surgeon surgeon cement cemetery cinematographer undertaker, grave-digger stone cutter sieve maker tavern-keeper, publican sausage maker shoemaker bootmaker pipe maker crippled sieve maker civil civilian shoemaker hairdresser confectioner furrier collection collector reprocessed metals collector dyer peddler Community Orthodox Temple comedian merchant (when alone), commercial (when with another word) commercial merchant trade, commerce trade conference lecturer commercial traveller messenger agent bookbinder bookkeeper community lessee, concessionaire factory manager director

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cond. technic / cond. tehnic cond. tehnic conduc. prava conducator (cond.) confectioner conferentiar (confer) cons. cons. tehnic conservator conserve consilier consiliu constructor contabil (cont.) conzor / censor coproprietor / coproprietar cordonier corector corespondent corsetier cositor cotingar / (cotigar, cotiugar) covrigar cravatier crescator crismar crohmalagiu croitor croitoreasa croitor de straie jidovesti crupar cu cufar cufarar cuferar / cufarar cupeur curatita curelar cusatorita de camasi cutitar dactilograf (dact.) daracitor de lina dascal de ocazie debit de tutun delegat dentar dentist Dep. Saci desenator dir. scoala director (dir.) director liceu director salar distilator distrib. ziare doctor (Dr.) doctorand doctylo dogar drept dricar droghist droguist / droghist

foreman foreman shop chief leader ready made clothes maker, designer lecturer construction or consultant technical consultant museum employee canned food consultant council builder bookkeeper censor joint owner girdle maker proofreader correspondent girdle maker tin wheelbarrow transporter bretzel (pretzel) maker necktie maker breeder coachman, innkeeper starch maker tailor tailoress, seamstress tailor of Jewish clothes confectioner with chest chest maker chest maker cutter cleaner leather strip maker seamstress of shirts knifemaker typist wool carder schoolmaster second hand tobacconist, newsstand deputy dental dentist warehouse for sacks draftsman school principal manager lyceum principal manager of wage-earners distiller newspaper distributor doctor (of) doctoral candidate typist cooper law undertaker druggist druggist

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drojdier dulgher economie (econ.) electrician electromec elev elogar / elogiar epistat epitru. bis expeditor expert (exp.) expert vamal exploatator export export oua extern spital fabrica fabricant facator face negutatorii de producturi face speculation din picioare faclar / faclier faclier factura (fact.) faiantar faina fainare falm de (falim) fara fara meserie fara spiculatie farmacie farmacist faur ferar / fierar ferastrau / ferestrau feredier ferma fier fier vechi fierar fieronar de trasuru filator filatura filisaj filosofie / filozofie filtrar vinuri filtrator finisaj flasnetar fochist fost (f.) fost com fotograf franghier freca fringhiar frizer fruct funct de legatie functionar (funct.) furnizor galanterie galvanizator

yeast maker carpenter economist, economy electrician electromechanic student eulogist police overseer synagogue administrator shipper specialist customs specialist entrepreneur exporter egg exporter non-resident medical student/ hospital assistant factory manufacturer maker, agent merchant of foodstuff street merchant torch maker torch maker bill, invoice faience producer flour miller bankrupt without; uneducated (when school related) without trade speculator pharmacy pharmacist blacksmith ironmonger, blacksmith saw, sawmill bathhouse attendant farm iron scrap iron ironmonger, blacksmith ironmaker for carriages spinning mill operator spinning mill screw cutter philosophy wine filterer filterer finishing organ grinder stoker, fireman former former merchant photographer rope maker rub, massage rope maker barber fruit consular worker office worker purveyor haberdashery galvanizer

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gardian gaterist gazetar geambas geamciu / geamgiu geamgui geamant. gheata giambas de cai / geambas de cai giamgiu / geamgiu giuvaergiu gospodar gradinar gramatic granar grataragiu gravor grefier gropar haham haine hamal hangiu harabagiu heliografist hotelier impletitor sarma importator imprimeur inapt incaltaminte incarcator incasator inconstient indrumator industrial (ind.) industrias infirm ing(iner) chimist ing(iner) constr. ing(iner) electric ing(iner) electr mec ing(iner) electroteh ing(iner) fizician ing(iner) ind. ing(iner) mecanic ing(iner) metal ing(iner) mine ing(iner) Naval ing(iner) radio ing(iner) silvic ing(iner) textile inginer (ing.) inspector instalator institutor instructor intendent intermediar invalid invatatoare invatator jartericar judecator

guard, policeman sawmill operator journalist horse dealer glazier glazier suitcase boot horse trader glazier jeweler householder, landlord gardener grammar teacher granary, corn dealer griller engraver court clerk gravedigger kosher butcher clothes porter innkeeper carter, wagoneer photocopier hotel keeper wire winder importer printer unfit footwear loader ticket collector unconscious guide industrial manufacturer crippled, disabled chemical engineer civil engineer electrical engineer electromechanical engineer electrotechnical engineer physicist industrial engineer mechanical engineer metallurgist mining engineer Naval engineer radio engineer forestry engineer textile engineer engineer inspector plumber, fitter school teacher teacher (school) administrator intermediary cripple school teacher (female) school teacher garter maker judge

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juridic juvaergiu laborant lacatus laptar leg. maturi legator (de carti) lemn lemnar lemne / lemn lenger / lenjerie lesie liber prof. libera librar licentiat (lic.) liceu liceul lichidator lina / lana linger / lenjerie litere / literatura litograf livada loterie lucrator lumanar / lumanarar lumanor / lumanarar lumenaror / lumanarar lustragiu macelar maestru maestru dric magazin magaziner magazioner magistrat maistru / maiestru mangalagiu manipulant manusa marfa marinist maritim marochine(rie) maruntisuri masina masini cusut / masina de cusut masinist matematician matriter mecanic medic medic dentist meditator mentale mes si arte meserias meserie meserii mester metale metalurgist

judicial jeweler laboratory assistant locksmith milkman broommaker bookbinder wood carpenter wood underwear lye freelancer self employed handyman bookseller bachelor of lyceum lyceum (worker) liquidator wool underwear literature lithographer orchard lottery laborer candlemaker candlemaker candlemaker bootblack butcher foreman hearse driver store store owner store owner magistrate foreman charcoal maker tram driver glove merchandise boatman maritime, naval leather goods small goods machine sewing machine machinist mathematician die marker mechanic physician dental surgeon coach, tutor mental, insane skilled laborer, artisan handicraftsman trade vocational (school), trade master metals metallurgist

magina de tocat / masina de tocat meat grinder

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mg. chemist mic mijlocitor mijlocitor de marfa militie ofiteri minier / minar misit moara moasa mobila modelist montator monteur morar mosie mosier muncitor mungiu murar / morar mutat muzica muzicant ne ste carte / nu stie carte negustor negustor de maruntisuri nevoias nichelar nichelator notar nu rec. nu stie carte nu, nu are, n'are ocazie oficiant oglindor olar om de nevoie oper. cinema optician oriceni / orice ortopedist ospatar otel pacura padurar padure palarier palmas pantafar / pantofar pantalonar pantofar papetarie parfumier particular (part.) pascar pietrar patron pazitor paznic pecetar pedagog penitenciar pens militar perceptor perier

chemical warehouseman small middleman, mediator merchandise middleman military officer miner, mining agent mill midwife furniture modeller fitter framer miller estate landowner worker, laborer candlemaker miller displaced music musician illiterate shopkeeper huckster pauper nickel plater nickel plater notary no record illiterate no (education or profession) occasional government clerk mirror maker potter pauper cinema operator optician anything orthopedist waiter steel fuel oil forester wood hatter handicraftsman shoemaker pantsmaker shoemaker stationery, paper-trade perfumer private stone mason employer guard watchman seal maker educator prison military pensioner tax collector brushmaker

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pescar petrol petrolist pianist piata pictor pictor de firme pictor desenator pielar pietrar pitar pivnicer pivnita placintariul plapumar / plapomar plapunor / plapomar plasator plasator marfe plugar podgorie poduri politist porcar portar posta practicant prada prajitor cafea precupet prelim. procurist prof liber prof muzica prof partic prof primar prof sec prof univers profesoara de liceu profesor (prof.) propr. case proprietar psalt publicist rabin rachier radio techni radiofonist radiologie raion randas regla rentier annuitant reparatie (repar.) reparator reprezentant (repr., reprez.) restaurator revanzator richtuitor rindis / randas robar rotar rufar sacagiu saidacar / saidecar

fisherman oil oil merchant pianist market painter sign painter one who makes sketches leather-trade stoneworker bread maker wine cellar keeper wine cellar pastry shop owner blanket maker, quilter quilter usher salesman ploughman vineyard bridges policeman swineherd doorman, janitor post office practitioner plunder coffee roaster huckster, produce seller prior proxy freelancer music teacher private tutor primary school teacher secondary teacher university professor lyceum teacher teacher landlord owner religious teacher journalist rabbi brandy maker radio technician radio operator radiology section servant regulated independent gentleman repair repairman representative restorer retailer, dealer person who prepares leather for shoemaker servant robe maker wheelwright underwear maker water carrier saddlemaker

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salahor salariat sanita santier constr. sapgar sapunar sarac sat satar scarmana scaun scoala primara scolar scortar scriitor sculptor sculptor modelator secrator / secretar secretar secundare sef sef (de) atelier sef orchestra sepcar / sapcar seral serv. servitor sforar / sfoarar si sifonar sin sinagoga slefuitor sluga smukler sobar socetate (soc.) / societate sofer sofeur / sofer somer spalator spalator chem. spalator de lina spalator haine specialist (spec.) spediteur / expeditor speditor / expeditor spiculant spirt spital (spit.) spiter spitular statisticean / statistician steclar / sticlar stenograf sticlar sticlarie stie carte stiinta stiinte / stiinta stiute cantorale (institute) stoler straie jidovesti strungar

day laborer wage-earner sanitary building site cap maker soapmaker beggar village meat chopper card (wool), thrash chair primary school school boy small rug maker writer sculptor sculptor modeller secretary secretary secondary chief headman orchestra conductor capmaker evening servant man servant rope maker and sodawater bottle maker son of synagogue polisher servant lacemaker stove maker company chauffeur chauffeur unemployed washer dry cleaner washer of wool clothes washer specialist transporter, shipper transporter, shipper speculator alcohol (wine) hospital pharmacist pharmacist, chemist statistician bottlemaker stenographer bottlemaker glassworks literate science science cantorial institute carpenter, cabinet maker tailor of Jewish clothes turner

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student sub subcolector subdirector subofiter sudar / sudor sudor galv sufus strain / supus strain superior (sup.) supraveghetor supus strain surdomut tabacar taetor geamuri taetor lemne taljalar tamplar tapiter tarifer teatru tech. dentist technician tehnic tejghetar de carne telal teolog teologie tesator tesetor / tesator teslar teslar de harabagiu textile (text.) textilist theater vatav tichare timplar tine circima tinichigiu tipograf tiutungui / tutungui tobosar tocilar tolbas torcator traducator traieste cu milostenie transport transporturi trasuru tricotaje tricoter tunator / turnator turnator oglinzi turtar tutungui / tutungiu ucenic ulei umbrelar vagonet vamal vames vanzator vanzator la piata var

student under (deputy) deputy collector deputy manager non-commissioned officer welder electroplater foreign subject senior supervisor, overseer foreign subject deaf mute tanner glazier woodcutter solemaker carpenter upholsterer makes schedules or rates theater dental technician technician technical butcher peddler theologian divinity, theology weaver weaver carpenter wagon maker textile or textile plant textile worker theater manager ticket taker cabinet maker publican tinsmith, tinker printer tobacconist drummer whetstone grinder quiver maker spinner translator livelihood from charity transportation transporter carriage knitwear knitter foundry worker caster of mirrors cake maker tobacconist apprentice oil umbrella maker truck custom-house customs clerk, toll collector vendor vendor at market lime

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vatalar vatav vechi veterinar vezetiu / vizitiu vie vinzator / vanzator violinist vite viztiu / vizitiu voiajor vopsele vopsitor vulcanizator zaraf zarzavagiu zdrenta / sdrenta zetar ziar ziarist zidar zilier zis ziua ziuas zofer / sofer zugrav zuias / ziuas

cotton-wool maker manager, bailiff old veterinarian coachman vineyard vendor violinist cattle coachman traveller dye, paint dyer, painter vulcanizer money changer greengrocer rag compositer newspaper journalist bricklayer day laborer also known as (A.K.A.) day day worker chauffeur house painter day worker

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