purser
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.
pursers
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pluralof purser.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“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
The stewards, deckhands, pursers, eager to chatter, reported that for 51 days they had been nursing a party of middle-western ministers to and from the Holy Land.
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
