purser
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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
I raised it with the purser - the man was moved and spoken to, apparently.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2017
Megan Allison, the ship’s purser, is filling in as cook the first night.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
I’d look up from time to time, studying my fellow passengers and the crew: the captain in the wheelhouse, the purser counting the take.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2014
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
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
A troupe of Yemenite dancers walked ashore with their luggage on their heads, and pursers and stewards from the U.S.S.
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
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