Purser

//ˈpɝsɚ//

Synonyms for "purser" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

accountant auditor bakehead black gang boilerman bookkeeper bungs bursar cabin boy cashier cashkeeper chamberlain

Strong matches (17)

chips commissary steward compensator complement comptroller controller curator deckhand deckie defrayer depositary depository financial officer fireman gun loader gunner hand

Related words (28)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

officer ship's officer

Related terms

1 entries

bursar

derived

2 entries

purser rigged and parish damned pursership

derived from

1 entries

purse

is a

1 entries

officer

related to

6 entries

accounts aircraft maker passenger purse ship

Translations

11 translations across 8 languages.

Finnish

1 entries

purseri noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

French

1 entries

commissaire de bord noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

German

4 entries

Proviantmeister noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)
Purser noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)
Purserin noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)
Zahlmeister noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Japanese

1 entries

パーサー noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Polish

1 entries

ochmistrz noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Romanian

1 entries

comisar de navă noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Spanish

1 entries

sobrecargo noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Swedish

1 entries

purser noun (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (10056047)

The purser acts as the crew's private merchant aboard the ship.

Source: tatoeba (13373881)

The purser welcomed the passengers aboard and checked their tickets with practiced efficiency.

Source: tatoeba (13562096)

As the ship's purser, Tom was responsible for handling all financial transactions on board.

Source: tatoeba (13562097)

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