treasurer
treasurer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation. Lord high treasurer of England, formerly, the third great officer of the crown. His office is now executed by five persons styled the lords commissioners of the treasury, or treasury lords.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accountant
- advocate
- agent
- almoner
- ambassador
- arbitrator
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- bagman
- bailiff
- banker
- bearer
- broker
- bursar
- bursary
- business
- cambist
- cash
- cashier
- changer
- charge
- clerk
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- consignee
- consul
- corps
- correspondent
- curator
- delegate
- depositary
- deputy
- diplomat
- diplomate
- diplomatist
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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