Purser

//ˈpɝsɚ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.

    "So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts."

  2. 2
    an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of purses.

Synonyms

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accountantauditorbakeheadblack gangboilermanbookkeeper

Example

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"Any questions about the handling of money on this ship need to be referred to the purser, not the captain."

Etymology

From purse + -er.

Related phrases

purser rigged and parish damned

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