purser UK /ˈpɜːsə/US /ˈpɝsɚ/ noun1 •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 formspursers
