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purser

noun
/ˈpɝsɚ/US/ˈpɜːsə/UK

Etymology

From purse + -er.

  1. derived from βύρσα — “hide, wine-skin”
  2. derived from bursa — “leather bag”
  3. inherited from *pusô✻ — “bag, sack, scrip”
  4. inherited from *pusō✻
  5. inherited from purs — “purse”
  6. inherited from purs
  7. suffixed as purser — “purse + er”

Definitions

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

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

    • So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.

  2. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of purses.

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