purser
purser is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 27 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accountant
- almoner
- banker
- bearer
- bursar
- bursary
- cambist
- cash
- cashier
- changer
- depositary
- finance
- financier
- keeper
- liquidator
- merchant
- minister
- money
- paymaster
- purse
- questor
- receiver
- steward
- teller
- the
- treasurer
- trustee
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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