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purser definition

purser (pʉr′sər)

noun

a ship's officer in charge of accounts, freight, tickets, etc., esp. on a passenger vessel

Etymology: ME, purse-bearer, treasurer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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