purseretten.

Brit.

/ˌpəːsəˈrɛt/, U.S.

/ˌpərsəˈrɛt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purser n., -ette suffix.

Etymology: < purser n. + -ette suffix.

Now rare.

A female purser (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > woman

treasuress?c1450

expenditrixa1734

purserette1931

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > purser > female

purserette1931

1931 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News (Electronic text) 8 Sept. The purserettes concluded their duties yesterday, and the ferry bus has discontinued its trips between ferries.

1959 Times 17 Mar. 4/4 [She] has joined the Union-Castle Line to become an Afrikaans-speaking ‘purserette’.

1960 Aeroplane 98 453/1 Inside of 707 is rather fun... The Purser (we note the big-ship touch) introduces us to the Purserette (we come ashore again rapidly).

1975 Times 19 Feb. 14/7 Of the 90,000 sea staff on British ships..only a thousand or two are women and..practically all are in ‘female roles’: nurses, stewardesses, purserettes.

1990 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Nov. h5 On some ships, in fact, female pursers are called purserettes, a term Rothgeber finds distasteful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purserette
释义	purseretten. Brit. /ˌpəːsəˈrɛt/, U.S. /ˌpərsəˈrɛt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purser n., -ette suffix. Etymology: < purser n. + -ette suffix. Now rare. A female purser (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > woman treasuress?c1450 expenditrixa1734 purserette1931 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > purser > female purserette1931 1931 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News (Electronic text) 8 Sept. The purserettes concluded their duties yesterday, and the ferry bus has discontinued its trips between ferries. 1959 Times 17 Mar. 4/4 [She] has joined the Union-Castle Line to become an Afrikaans-speaking ‘purserette’. 1960 Aeroplane 98 453/1 Inside of 707 is rather fun... The Purser (we note the big-ship touch) introduces us to the Purserette (we come ashore again rapidly). 1975 Times 19 Feb. 14/7 Of the 90,000 sea staff on British ships..only a thousand or two are women and..practically all are in ‘female roles’: nurses, stewardesses, purserettes. 1990 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Nov. h5 On some ships, in fact, female pursers are called purserettes, a term Rothgeber finds distasteful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1931
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