Royal Navy slang for a purser — the officer responsible for supplies, provisions, and ship's stores. In the old Navy, the purser controlled everything from food rations to clothing, making them a figure of both respect and mild resentment among ordinary sailors. The word 'pusser' stuck as a casual, slightly irreverent shorthand that persists in naval slang today. It's also used adjectivally to mean strictly official or regulation-issue.
Ask the pusser about getting a new uniform — he's the one who controls the kit store.
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(UK, naval, _, slang) A purser.
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