PURSER
\pˈɜːsə], \pˈɜːsə], \p_ˈɜː_s_ə]\
Definitions of PURSER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
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A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
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Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An officer who has charge of the provisions, clothing, and accounts of a ship, now termed a "paymaster.".
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Formerly the paymaster, but now a commissioned officer who has charge of the provisions, stores, clothing, &c., and serves them out to the different messes in a ship of war ;-a similar officer in the East Indian Company's ships, who also acted as supercargo;- in the ordinary mercantile service, the steward.
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