purser

You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.

After a time he was promoted to a stewardship and later became the purser of a rather important vessel.

When they saw that their complaints were futile they sent over one socialist leader to have it out with the overworked purser.

A few minutes later the purser came aft, carrying a parcel in his hand, which he carefully placed upon the taffrail.

It seemed that some months before he had been a purser on an East Indian liner.