·noun One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, ·etc., and keep account of the same.
The present designation of the station formerly held by the purser; the officer superintending the p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language