purser
English
noun
Definitions
- The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
Etymology
Suffix from English purse (pucker, small bag for carrying money).
Origin
English
purse
Gloss
pucker, small bag for carrying money
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cutpurse English
- dispurse English
- manpurse English
- pickpurse English
- purse English
- purse-proud English
- purseful English
- purseless English
- purselike English
- pursership English
- pursestring English
- unpurse English
- purse Middle English