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Definition of commissaire du bord in French English dictionary
- {n} purser
- {n} an officer on board a hip
- On a ship, the purser is an officer who deals with the accounts and official papers. On a passenger ship, the purser is also responsible for the welfare of the passengers. an officer on a ship who is responsible for money and the passengers' rooms, comfort etc
- {i} officer on a ship who is in charge of accounts documents and safeguarding passengers' valuables
- the officer responsible for service to the passengers on board a ship (commissaire de bord)
- On a ship, the person responsible for providing a wide array of passenger services, including mail, information, check cashing, safety deposit boxes, and so forth
- Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier
- A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; now called paymaster
- the person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft
- A ship's officer who is in charge of accounts, especially on a passenger ship
- When carried, this person serves as the shipboard agent of the freight and passenger departments; often deals with manifests and other papers Back to the top
- 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
- The employee on a cruise ship who performs duties similar to those of front desk personnel in a hotel
- an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
- Person aboard ship who handled purchases from seamen for clothing or other needed goods