purser
/ˈpɜːsə/PUR-sur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈpɝsɚ/PUR-sur
Meaningkeeper of the purse
Common meaning: the officer who handles money on a ship
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- pursa hide; a purseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 255 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinbursa (Gk. βύρσα)‘a hide’
- Middle Englishpurssource
- Englishpurse‘a small bag for money’
- Englishformed in English from pursepurser‘the officer who handles money on a ship’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from purse + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PURSE, p.479 · scan
Roots
- bursa (Gk. βύρσα) Latin “a hide; a purse”
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