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Purser
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
the old name for the paymaster of the British and American navies still used in merchant vessels of to-day. In the British navy he was appointed by a warrant from the admiralty and was paid partly by salary and partly by a percentage (1 o%) on the value of unexpended stores.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Purser'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/purser.html. 1910.