purser

[ pur-ser ]

/ ˈpɜr sər /

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noun

an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.

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Origin of purser

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at purse, -er¹

Words nearby purser

purr, purree, purse, purse crab, purse-proud, purser, purse seine, purse strings, purse-string suture, purslane, purslane family

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How to use purser in a sentence

Half an hour after the nests began showing up, Purser came down to see the camera images.
World’s biggest colony of nesting fish lives beneath Antarctic ice|Jake Buehler|January 21, 2022|Science News For Students
Purser and colleagues made three more surveys in the area and continued to find nests at a similar density, kilometer after kilometer.
The largest group of nesting fish ever found lives beneath Antarctic ice|Jake Buehler|January 13, 2022|Science News
You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
After a time he was promoted to a stewardship and later became the purser of a rather important vessel.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

When they saw that their complaints were futile they sent over one socialist leader to have it out with the overworked purser.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
A few minutes later the purser came aft, carrying a parcel in his hand, which he carefully placed upon the taffrail.
Adrift on the Pacific|Edward S. Ellis
It seemed that some months before he had been a purser on an East Indian liner.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon|Newell Dwight Hillis

British Dictionary definitions for purser

purser

/ (ˈpɜːsə) /

noun

an officer aboard a passenger ship, merchant ship, or aircraft who keeps the accounts and attends to the welfare of the passengers

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