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purser

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purs⋅er

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–noun
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see purse, -er 1
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purs·er   (pûr'sər)   
n.  The officer in charge of money matters on board a ship or commercial aircraft.

[Middle English, from purse, purse; see purse.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

purser 
c.1440, "treasurer," originally also "maker of purses" (1475), from M.E. purse (see purse).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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