purse-bearer

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• purse-bearer — purseˈ bearer noun 1. A person who has charge of another person s money 2. A treasurer 3. A person who carries in a bag the Great Seal for the Lord Chancellor, or the royal commission for the Lord High Commissioner • • • Main Entry: ↑purse …   Useful english dictionary

• purse bearer — noun Etymology: Middle English pursberer, from purs purse + berere, berer bearer 1. : the bearer of a purse : treasurer, bursar 2. : an official of the British crown office who bears the great seal before the lord chancellor …   Useful english dictionary

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• bursar — (n.) treasurer of a college, 1580s, from Anglo L. burser treasurer (13c.), from M.L. bursarius purse bearer, from bursa (see PURSE (Cf. purse)) …   Etymology dictionary

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