different between purger vs purser

English

Etymology

purge +? -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: perjure

Noun

purger (plural purgers)

1. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
   1. A cathartic medicine.
      • 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe

        The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]

Synonyms

• purgative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py?.?e/

Verb

purger

1. (medicine) to purge
2. (law) to serve (a sentence)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written purge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

• “purger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

p?rger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?rg?

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• purgar

Etymology

From German Bürger

Noun

p?rger m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. burgher
2. a citizen of Zagreb
3. (derogatory) a member of the Bad Blue Boys ultras

Related terms

• gra?anin

English

Etymology

purse +? -er

Noun

purser (plural pursers)

1. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
   • 1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words

     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.

Translations

Anagrams

• purres