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 Definitions of purser  [ˈpɜr sər]  

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Definition of 'purser' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) purser
an officer who is in charge of the accounts and documents of a ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.

Etymology:  (1400–50)

Definition of 'purser' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) purser
an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
Definition of 'purser' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) purser
a commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster

2. (noun) purser
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

3. (noun) purser
colloquially, any paymaster or cashier
Translation of 'purser' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the officer in charge of a ship's money, supplies etc.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: betaalmeester Arabic flag Arabic: ضابِط مُحاسَبَه السَّفينَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: домакин-касиер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: comissário Czech flag Czech: lodní hospodář German flag German: der Zahlmeister
Danish flag Danish: purser Greek flag Greek: λογιστής πλοίου Spanish flag Spanish: contador
Estonian flag Estonian: laekur Farsi flag Farsi: متصدی امور مالی و بلیت و Finnish flag Finnish: purseri
French flag French: commissaire du bord Hebrew flag Hebrew: כַּלכָּל Hindi flag Hindi: पोतनीस
Hungarian flag Hungarian: pénztáros Indonesian flag Indonesian: bendaharawan Icelandic flag Icelandic: bryti
Italian flag Italian: commissario di bordo Japanese flag Japanese: 事務長 Korean flag Korean: (군함의) 경리관
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iždininkas Latvian flag Latvian: (kuģa u.tml.) mantzinis; Malay flag Malay: pegawai kewangan kapal
Dutch flag Dutch: purser Norwegian flag Norwegian: purser Polish flag Polish: płatnik
Persian flag Persian: متصدی امور مالی و بلیت و Pashto flag Pashto: دبيړى د محاسبى مامور Portuguese flag Portuguese: comissário
Romanian flag Romanian: ofiţer cu administrarea u Russian flag Russian: судовой казначей Slovak flag Slovak: lodný hospodár, pokladník
Slovenian flag Slovenian: ladijski blagajnik Serbian flag Serbian: perser Swedish flag Swedish: purser
Thai flag Thai: หัวหน้าฝ่ายธุรการในเรือ ห Turkish flag Turkish: gemi muhasebecisi Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (輪船的)事務長
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скарбник Urdu flag Urdu: تحويل دار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhân viên tài vụ trên tàu
Chinese flag Chinese: （轮船的）事务长

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