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Pay Cerps

Webster's Dictionary

A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pay Cerps'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pay-cerps.html. 1828.