| 单词 | purser's name |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurser's name purser's name n. Nautical slang (now historical) a false name under which a sailor is entered on the books of a ship. ΚΠ 1828 Night Watch II. 82 Tom, when he was impressed into his Majesty's service, had taken the ‘purser's name’ literally ‘un nom de guerre’ of Thomas Call, in which his warrant as boatswain was subsequently made out... Mr. Call's name, however, was in reality Thomas Whistle. 1847 H. Melville Omoo 232 Some, to be sure, had for the sake of formality, shipped under a feigned cognomen, or ‘Purser's name’. 1871 Overland Monthly Feb. 165/2 Even his real name we did not know, as ‘Jack Breeze’..was evidently a ‘purser's name’, assumed for the voyage. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) x. 264 ‘Mr. Dillon, who have we aboard that speaks Italian? John Baptist is an Italian.’ ‘And Abram Codpiece, sir—a purser's name.’ 1986 P. O'Brian Reverse of Medal ii. 48 A few men asserted that they had shipped under a purser's name to avoid debt or a bastardy order. < as lemmas |
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