purser 音标拼音: [p'ɚsɚ]
n . 事务长,主计官
事务长,主计官
purser n 1 :
an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers '
welfare Purser \
Purs "
er \,
n . [
See {
Purse },
and cf . {
Bursar }.]
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1 . (
Naut .)
A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions ,
clothing ,
and public moneys on shipboard ; --
now called {
paymaster }.
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2 .
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 .
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3 .
Colloquially ,
any paymaster or cashier .
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{
Purser '
s name } (
Naut .),
a false name . [
Slang ]
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
purser ":
accountant ,
auditor ,
bakehead ,
black gang ,
boilerman ,
bookkeeper ,
bungs ,
bursar ,
cabin boy ,
cashier ,
cashkeeper ,
chamberlain ,
chips ,
commissary steward ,
compensator ,
complement ,
comptroller ,
controller ,
curator ,
deckhand ,
deckie ,
defrayer ,
depositary ,
depository ,
financial officer ,
fireman ,
gun loader ,
gunner ,
hand ,
hospital steward ,
landing signalman ,
liquidator ,
mail orderly ,
navigator ,
oiler ,
payer ,
paymaster ,
purse bearer ,
radio operator ,
ratepayer ,
receiver ,
recompenser ,
remunerator ,
roustabout ,
snip ,
snips ,
sparks ,
steward ,
stewardess ,
stoker ,
taxpayer ,
torpedoman ,
treasurer ,
trustee ,
watch ,
yeoman PURSER .
The person appointed by the master of a ship or vessel ,
whose duty it is to take care of the ship '
s books ,
in which everything on board is inserted ,
as well the names of mariners as the articles of merchandise shipped .
Rosc .
Ins .
note .
2 .
The act of congress concerning the naval establishment ,
passed March 30 ,
1812 ,
provides ,
Sec .
6 ,
That the pursers in the Navy of the United States shall be appointed by the president of the United States ,
by and with the advice and consent of the senate ;
and that ,
from and after the first day of May next ,
no person shall act in the character of purser ,
who shall not have been thus first nominated and appointed ,
excepting pursers on distant service ,
who shall not remain in service after the first day of July next ,
unless nominated and appointed as aforesaid .
And every purser ,
before entering upon the duties of his office ,
shall give bond ,
with two or more sufficient sureties ,
in the penalty of ten thousand dollars ,
conditioned faithfully to perform all the duties of purser in the United States .
3 .
And by the supplementary act to this act concerning the naval establishment ,
passed March 1 ,
1817 ,
it is enacted ,
Sec .
1 ,
That every purser now in service ,
or who may hereafter be appointed ,
shall ,
instead of the bond required by the act to which this is a supplement ,
enter into bond ,
with two or more sufficient sureties ,
in the penalty of twenty -
five thousand dollars ,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of all his duties as purser in the navy of the United States ,
which said sureties shall be approved by the judge or attorney of the United States for the district in which such purser shall reside .
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