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Word Meanings - PURSERSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office of purser. Totten.

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  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • PURSERSHIP
    The office of purser. Totten.
  • OFFICE WIRE
    Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
  • OFFICER
    Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
  • PURSER
    A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt
  • OFFICE
    The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
  • POST OFFICE
    See POST
  • BOOKING OFFICE
    1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
  • CROWN OFFICE
    The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
  • SUBOFFICER
    An under or subordinate officer.
  • UNDEROFFICER
    A subordinate officer.
  • OVEROFFICE
    To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.

 

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