purser

As stewardess and later purser on Air France airliners, Lainault clocked up 12,600 flight hours between 1989 and 2019.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In 1970, Ms. Laffey Inman, a union leader and Northwest’s first female purser — the lead attendant on a flight — spearheaded a class-action suit, Laffey v.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

Laffey Inman fought to become the first female purser at what was then known as Northwest Orient Airlines.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The 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.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023

The purser of those days was taken from an inferior class of men, and often obtained his position by influence, rather than merit.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper

“Those include the fish processing workers, U.S. Coast Guard licensed personnel, refrigeration specialists, marine electricians, fish crews, pursers, cooks and others.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021

The Dubai-based company’s pursers are issued with Thinkpad laptops from Lenovo Group Ltd., the second-biggest maker of personal computers, that convert into tablets operated with a stylus.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 16, 2012

Soon all vessels of the 35,000,000-ton merchant fleet will have medical pursers aboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

But "Skipper" Williams, never too proud to be a leg man, plods farther along, tracks down friendly captains, pursers, stewards, engineers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harbormasters, tax farmers, customs sergeants, wool factors, toll collectors, pursers, wine factors; nine of every ten belonged to Littlefinger.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin