Definition of Purser

1. Noun. An officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare.

Generic synonyms: Officer, Ship's Officer

Definition of Purser

1. n. A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.

Definition of Purser

1. Noun. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purser

1. an officer in charge of a ship's accounts [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purser

purrs
purs
purse
purse-proud
purse-string operation
purse seine
purse seines
purse string
pursed
purseful
pursefuls
purselane
purselanes
purseless
purselike
purser (current term)
purser rigged and parish damned
pursers
pursership
purserships
purses
pursestring
pursestrings
pursew
purseweb spider
purseweb spiders
pursewed
pursewing
pursews
pursier

Literary usage of Purser

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"The receipts taken by the purser are his vouchers for credits against the sum received by him from the navy agent ; but before the purser's accounts can be ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1808)
"Mr. Davis, Master, slightly ; Mr. Horniman, purser, severely. ... Mr. Barton, purser of the Grasshopper, and a seaman of the Re- nommee, were badly wounded ..."

3. Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes by Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States Supreme Court, Richard Peters, Henry Wheaton, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, Benjamin C Howard (1881)
"10 P. treasury; and the sum received by the purser is disbursed by him in ... The receipts taken by the purser are his vouchers for credits against the sum ..."

4. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1881)
"Anna Tryphosa Freme predeceased William purser Freme, who died in September, 1878. They had four children, namely, John Rowden Freme, who died in the ..."

5. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"If a purser of a frigate is to have two thousand dollars, why should so wide a distinction be made between the purser of a ship of the line, ..."

6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1883)
"The President of the Section, PROFESSOR purser, opened the Session with a ... In the course of his address Dr. purser dwelt particularly on the waste of ..."

7. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"If a parser of a frigate is to have two thousand dollars, why should so wide a distinction be made between the purser of a ship of the line, ..."

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