Purser vs Quartermaster - What's the difference?
purser | quartermaster |
The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser' s office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
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*:If we offend against any of the other rules (A's or B's) - that is if we, say, utter the formula incorrectly, or if, say, we are not in a position to do the act because we are, say, married already, or it is the purser and not the captain who is conducting the ceremony, then the act in question, e.g. marrying, is not successfully performed at all, does not come off, is not achieved.
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
As nouns the difference between purser and quartermaster
is that purser is the person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft while quartermaster is (military) an officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.purser
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