Meaning

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

    Purser, Purserin, Zahlmeister

    an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The purser acts as the crew's private merchant aboard the ship.

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  2. The purser welcomed the passengers aboard and checked their tickets with practiced efficiency.

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  3. As the ship's purser, Tom was responsible for handling all financial transactions on board.

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  4. Any questions about the handling of money on this ship need to be referred to the purser, not the captain.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship:

Origin

From purse + -er.

From purse + -er.

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Forms

plural: pursers
Singularpurser
Pluralpursers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbursar
Derivedpursership

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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