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pursers

pursers is the plural of purser.

Meaning of purser

Noun

purser (plural pursers)

  1. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
    • So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.1660 February 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 1st, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
    Synonyms:
    nipcheese

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Proper noun capitalized: Pursers

Pursers

  1. (plural) plural of Purser

Questions about pursers

What is pursers the plural of?
Pursers is the plural of purser.
What part of speech is pursers?
Pursers is a proper noun.

Words near pursers in the dictionary

  1. purseproud
  2. purser
  3. purser rigged and parish damned
  4. purser's crabs
  5. purser's name
  6. pursers
  7. pursership
  8. purserships
  9. purses
  10. pursestring
  11. pursestring suture

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