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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 purs·er /ˈpɝsɚ/
 事務長,主計官

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Purs·er n.
 1. Naut. A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
 Purser's name Naut., a false name. [Slang]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 purser
      n : an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to
          the passengers' welfare