occupation
noun
a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation.
occupative
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a word derived from
occupation.
Example Sentences
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Of occupative names which have also an official meaning, the three commonest are Ward, Bailey, and Marshall.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
We rarely find this -s in the case of occupative names, but Parsons, Vicars or Vickers, and Monks are common, and in fact the first two are scarcely found without the -s.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Some of the occupative names in -ward and -herd are rather deceptive.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
The only true occupative name in the list is Cook, for Earl is a nickname.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
The practice, unknown in English, of forming dims. from occupative names is very common in French, e.g. from Mercier we have Mercerot, from Berger, i.e.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
