1
: an official on a ship responsible for papers and accounts and on a passenger ship also for the comfort and welfare of passengers
2
: a steward on an airliner
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The two flight attendants taking care of me—one of whom was the purser on this flight—offered polished and attentive service without being over-the-top.
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Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
The ceremony was officiated by the airline’s openly-gay chief purser Rodrigue Chan in the airline’s Poerava business class cabin.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
The show had a cast of amiable shipboard archetypes: Bernie Kopell played the semi-Lothario doctor; future congressman Fred Grandy was the eager young purser; Ted Lange was the cool bartender; Lauren Tewes was the pert cruise director; and Jill Whelan played the captain’s cute-as-a-button daughter.
—Washington Post, 29 May 2021
The rest areas are closed during taxi, takeoff and landing, and they are used based on shifts overseen by the cabin manager -- or chief purser, in aviation lingo -- the cabin crew member who's in charge of all the others and supervises operations on board.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 June 2022
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Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
The ceremony was officiated by the airline’s openly-gay chief purser Rodrigue Chan in the airline’s Poerava business class cabin.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
The show had a cast of amiable shipboard archetypes: Bernie Kopell played the semi-Lothario doctor; future congressman Fred Grandy was the eager young purser; Ted Lange was the cool bartender; Lauren Tewes was the pert cruise director; and Jill Whelan played the captain’s cute-as-a-button daughter.
—Washington Post, 29 May 2021
The rest areas are closed during taxi, takeoff and landing, and they are used based on shifts overseen by the cabin manager -- or chief purser, in aviation lingo -- the cabin crew member who's in charge of all the others and supervises operations on board.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 June 2022
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“Purser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purser. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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purser
noun
purs·er
ˈpər-sər 
: an official on a ship who keeps accounts and attends to passengers
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