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purser

[ pur-ser ]

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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.

purser

/ ˈpɜːsə /

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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Origin of purser¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; purse, -er ¹

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Half an hour after the nests began showing up, Purser came down to see the camera images.

Purser and colleagues made three more surveys in the area and continued to find nests at a similar density, kilometer after kilometer.

You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.

After a time he was promoted to a stewardship and later became the purser of a rather important vessel.

When they saw that their complaints were futile they sent over one socialist leader to have it out with the overworked purser.

A few minutes later the purser came aft, carrying a parcel in his hand, which he carefully placed upon the taffrail.

It seemed that some months before he had been a purser on an East Indian liner.

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