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purser

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Noun
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purs=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun purser has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

pursern. [See Purse, and cf. Bursar.].
  •  A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.  [1913 Webster]
Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

purser, n. an officer on a ship who keeps the accounts, esp. the head steward in a passenger vessel.

Derivative
pursership n.

THESAURUS

purser

accountant, auditor, bakehead, black gang, boilerman, bookkeeper, bungs, bursar, cabin boy, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, chips, commissary steward, compensator, complement, comptroller, controller, curator, deckhand, deckie, defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, fireman, gun loader, gunner, hand, hospital steward, landing signalman, liquidator, mail orderly, navigator, oiler, payer, paymaster, purse bearer, radio operator, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser, remunerator, roustabout, snip, snips, sparks, steward, stewardess, stoker, taxpayer, torpedoman, treasurer, trustee, watch, yeoman

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purser

Treasurer

N treasurer, bursar, bursary, purser, purse bearer, cash keeper, banker, depositary, questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller, cambist, money changer, financier, Secretary of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.

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