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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purser \Purs"er\, n. [See Purse, and cf. Bursar.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Naut.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. [1913 Webster] Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

purser n 1: an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

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.