OCCUPATIONS :G
| GABELER | tax collector |
| GAFFER | foreman of a work crew |
| GAFFMAN | a bailiff |
| GAGER | tax collector of liquor taxes |
| GALVANISER | iron worker who handled process of coating metal with zinc, to inhibit formation of rust |
| GAMESTER | gambler or prostitute |
| GANGER | overseer or foreman from 1850 onwards |
| GANGSMAN | foreman |
| GANNEKER | tavern keeper |
| GAOLER | jailer |
| GARTHMAN | owner or worker of a fish trap |
| GAS MANAGER | forman position in charge of checking for poisonous gas in coal mine shafts |
| GATER | watchman |
| GATHERER | Glass worker who inserted the blow iron into the molten glass ready for the blower |
| GATHERERS BOY | held a shovel to shield the gatherer's face from the heat |
| GATWARD | goat keeper |
| GAUGER | customs official who measured the capacity of imported barrels of liquor in order to calculate the customs duty |
| GAUNTER | glover |
| GAVELLER | userer and in the Forest of Dean, an officer fo the Crown who granted gales or the right to work a mine and in Suffolk a harvest worker, usually female |
| GELDER | castrator of animals, especially horses |
| GEOMETER | skilled in geometry |
| GERUND GRINDER | Latin instructor |
| GILDER | applies gold leaf |
| GIMLER | machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card |
| GINOUR | engineer |
| GIRDLER | leather worker who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army |
| GLASS COACHMAN | driver of two-horse carriage hired out for the day |
| GLAZIER | glass cutter or window glass man |
| GLIMMER MAN | in Dublin, the man who would turn out (or down) the gas street-lights and also warn people turn out lights in their houses to ensure blackouts during bombing raids at War time |
| GLOVER | one that makes or sells gloves |
| GOAT CARRIAGE MAN | driver of small passenger carriage |
| GOLDSMITH | maker of gold articles, banker |
| GOOSE HERD | tends geese |
| GORZEMAN | seller of gorse or broom |
| GRACE WIFE | midwife |
| GRAFFER | notary or scrivener |
| GRAINER | painted wood to make it look like great and exotic woods |
| GRANGER | farmer |
| GRAVER | carver or sculptor, engraver of images or dockside worker who cleaned ship bottoms by burning and tarring |
| GRAZIER | pastures and raises cattle |
| GREAVE / GRIEVE | bailiff, foreman, sheriff |
| GREEN GROCER | fruit and vegetable seller |
| GREENSMITH | worker in copper or latten |
| GRIMBRIBBER | lawyer |
| GROOVER | miner |
| GROUNDSEL & CHICKWEED SELLER | Street seller of common weeds, used to feed pet songbirds |
| GUINEA PIG | an unattached, or roving person whose fee was usually a guinea |
| GUMMER | one who improved old saws by deepening the cuts |
| GYP | college servant especially one attending undergraduates |
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