Synonyms for purser
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-ser |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr sər |
Définition of purser
Origin :- mid-15c., "treasurer," especially "caretaker of accounts and provisions on a ship," originally also "maker of purses" (late 15c.), agent noun from Middle English purse (see purse (n.)). From late 13c. as a surname.
- noun treasurer
- He then ordered the purser's steward to splice the main-brace.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The purser had come to the bridge, and now approached Cornish.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- The purser said that the dragon's name was Mrs. Scrivener-Yapling, with a hyphen.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- I may say, however, that the purser was not as silent as the captain.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- How can I help you but by speaking to the captain or purser?
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- The purser's room was well forward on the Atlantic steamship.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- When the purser was at liberty, the steward explained to him the difficulty which had arisen.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- At meals she sat beside the Purser, and seemed more or less under his wing.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- His name was Tordoff on the ship's books, but that was a "purser's name."
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- You should know, sir, that it is the purser and not the captain whom you should see.
- Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
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