purser
Americannoun
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pursers
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of purser
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at purse, -er 1
Vocabulary lists containing purser
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In 1970, Ms. Laffey Inman, a union leader and Northwest’s first female purser — the lead attendant on a flight — spearheaded a class-action suit, Laffey v.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Laffey Inman fought to become the first female purser at what was then known as Northwest Orient Airlines.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
The brothers made their professional debut as children, when their father put them on a boat to Detroit to visit an uncle and told the purser the boys would put on a free show.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
Davies, originally from Cheshire, began his TV career as an announcer on Southern Television in 1960, having previously spent seven years as a purser for the cruise company Cunard Line.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2023
The purser of the Medusa, with a few others, opposed such a dastardly proceeding, but in vain; and the raft, without means of propulsion, was abandoned.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper
“Those include the fish processing workers, U.S. Coast Guard licensed personnel, refrigeration specialists, marine electricians, fish crews, pursers, cooks and others.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
The Dubai-based company’s pursers are issued with Thinkpad laptops from Lenovo Group Ltd., the second-biggest maker of personal computers, that convert into tablets operated with a stylus.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 16, 2012
But "Skipper" Williams, never too proud to be a leg man, plods farther along, tracks down friendly captains, pursers, stewards, engineers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A troupe of Yemenite dancers walked ashore with their luggage on their heads, and pursers and stewards from the U.S.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harbormasters, tax farmers, customs sergeants, wool factors, toll collectors, pursers, wine factors; nine of every ten belonged to Littlefinger.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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