Definitions for purser

purser purs·er

Spelling: [pur-ser]
IPA: /ˈpɜr sər/

Purser is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in purser (eprrsu).

Definitions for purser

noun

  1. 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 of purser

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at purse, -er1

Examples for purser

You should know, sir, that it is the purser and not the captain whom you should see.

I may say, however, that the purser was not as silent as the captain.

How can I help you but by speaking to the captain or purser?

The purser's room was well forward on the Atlantic steamship.

At meals she sat beside the purser, and seemed more or less under his wing.

His name was Tordoff on the ship's books, but that was a "purser's name."

The purser had come to the bridge, and now approached Cornish.

The purser said that the dragon's name was Mrs. Scrivener-Yapling, with a hyphen.

He then ordered the purser's steward to splice the main-brace.

When the purser was at liberty, the steward explained to him the difficulty which had arisen.

Word Value for purser
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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