| Word/Phrase | Definition | Useage |
|---|
| Ealdorman | Shire Court official, acted as King's deputy and paid by the court | UK Occupation |
| Earer | Ploughman | UK Occupation |
| Earth stopper | Stopped up animal burrows - i.e. a fox's earth before the hunt | UK Occupation |
| East India Man | Employee of the East India Company - either commercially or militarily | UK Occupation |
| Eclampsia | Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor | Medical |
| Ecstasy | A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason | Medical |
| Edema of lungs | Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy | Medical |
| Edema | Nephrosis; swelling of tissues | Medical |
| Edge Toolmaker | Maker of knives, scythes - cutting tools | UK Occupation |
| Eel thing | Erysipelas | Medical |
| efter sig lämnat | left behind, survived by | Swedish |
| efter | after | Swedish |
| efterkommande | descendant(s) | Swedish |
| eftermiddag | afternoon | Swedish |
| efternamn | surname | Swedish |
| egendom | property | Swedish |
| Eggler / Egg Factor | Egg / poultry dealer | UK Occupation |
| Eheschließung | Marriage | Germany |
| ej | not | Swedish |
| eldsvåda | extensive fire | Swedish |
| Electrotyper | Printing plate maker of electrotype metal plants, including lead preparation. (See also stereotyper) | Scot.Occup |
| Elephantiasis | A form of leprosy | Medical |
| Elephants Teeth Dealer | Ivory dealer | UK Occupation |
| elfte | eleventh | Swedish |
| eller | or | Swedish |
| Ellerman / Ellyman | Sold lamp oil (oilman) | UK Occupation |
| elva | eleven | Swedish |
| Elymaker | Oil maker | UK Occupation |
| Embarkation | Boarding a vessel or aircraft or setting out on a journey. | Genealogy |
| Embolism | Blood clots travelling through the blood stream causing blockage of the renal artery to the kidney | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Embosser | Person who moulded or pressed designs that were raised above the surface of the material . | Scot.Occup |
| Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live in another. | Genealogy |
| emigration | The process of leaving one's home country to live in another country | Colonial Diseases |
| emigrerade | emigrated | Swedish |
| Emphysema | Chronic respiratory disease of the lung air sacs | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Empresario | 1) Showman 2) Land broker 3) Settlement scheme promoter | UK Occupation |
| en, ett | a, one | Swedish |
| en/ett hundra(de) | one hundred (one-hundredth) | Swedish |
| en/ett tusen(de) | one thousand (one-thousandth) | Swedish |
| Encephalitis aka Sleeping Sickness | Swelling of brain | Medical |
| Endometritis | Infection of the lining of the uterus | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| enero | January | Spanish |
| Engelska sjukan | ricketts (vitamin deficiency) | Swedish |
| Engine Keeper | Operated and maintained an industrial steam-driven engine. | Scot.Occup |
| Engine Smith | Made parts for and repaired engines using the tools of a Smith - similar work to that of a Blacksmith. | UK Occupation |
| Engine Tenter | 1) Oversaw the operation of the steam engine driving factory machinery. 2) Operated woolen mill machinery stretching cloth whilst drying | UK Occupation |
| Engine Turner | Engraver who produced overlapping geometric (engine turned) patterns on such items as cigarette cases, ladies compacts etc | UK Occupation |
| Engineman | In charge of colliery winding machinery under the direction of the Bankman | UK Occupation |
| Engraver | Cuts or engraves fine designs and patterns on metal, wood or glass. | Scot.Occup |
| enligt | according to | Swedish |
| Enteric fever | Typhoid fever | Medical |
| Enteritis | Inflammations of the bowels | Medical |
| Enterocolitis | Inflammation of the intestines | Medical |
| enumeration | Process by which persons are counted for purposes of a census | Colonial Diseases |
| Enumerator | Collected and recorded census data from households | UK Occupation |
| epilepsi | epilepsy | Swedish |
| Epistaxis | Nose bleed | Medical |
| Epitaph | An inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the one buried there. | General |
| Equerry | Personal assistant in the Royal household - originally for the horses - still exists | UK Occupation |
| Eremite | Hermit | UK Occupation |
| Erite | Heretic | UK Occupation |
| Erysipelas | Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions | Medical |
| Escheat | The reversion of property to the state when there are no qualified heirs. | General |
| Esquire | Knight's companion - the term later referred to a gentleman of standing | UK Occupation |
| Estafette | Mounted courier - from French | UK Occupation |
| Estate | All property and debts belonging to a person. | General |
| Et al | Latin for 'and others'. | General |
| et alii (et al.) | and others | Latin |
| et cetera (etc., andampc.) | and so forth | Latin |
| Et ux | Latin for 'and wife'. | General |
| Et uxor | And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux. | General |
| et | and, both | Latin |
| ett, en | a, one | Swedish |
| evangelisk | evangelical | Swedish |
| Eweherd | Shepherd | UK Occupation |
| Exchequer | Revenue collector - Chancellor of the Exchequer is an important English Government post today, setting the National budget | UK Occupation |
| Exciseman | Tax collector | UK Occupation |
| executor | The individual who carries out the instructions and provisions of a will | Colonial Diseases |
| Expressman | A Messenger. He would collect and deliver letters, packages or parcels that needed quick service | UK Occupation |
| Extravasted blo | Rupture of a blood vessel | Medical |
| Eyer | Made the holes in sewing needles. Also called a Holer | UK Occupation |
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