† ˈpurse-ˌmaster Chiefly Sc. Obs.
A purse-bearer, treasurer, bursar.
| c 1440 Jacob's Well 43 Judas..was purs-mayster..& receyvyd in-to þe purs all þe monye. c 1440 Alph. Tales 110 Þis clerk..went with hym, & he made hym his purs⁓maister. 1554 Knox Faythf. Admon. C 7 b, Iudas was pursemaister with Christ Jesus. 1665 J. Fraser Polichron. (1905) 218 The year after he entered his pursemaster. |