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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Perl recommends that people keen on a larger room go to the purser’s office and inquire if there have been any cancellations or no-shows.
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Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2025
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.
—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 two brothers made their professional debut as children, when their father put them on a boat to Detroit to visit an uncle and told the purser the boys would put on a free show.
—Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
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Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2025
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.
—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 two brothers made their professional debut as children, when their father put them on a boat to Detroit to visit an uncle and told the purser the boys would put on a free show.
—Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Purser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purser. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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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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