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burse

noun
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).

  1. derived from βύρσα
  2. derived from bursa
  3. derived from borse
  4. borrowed from bourse

Definitions

  1. A purse.

    • Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us.
    • Try a burse instead – sort of a bag, sort of a purse, inspired by the cases that hold the corporal cloth used in mass, and designed to be carried by men.

  2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.

  3. An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A stock exchange

      A stock exchange; a bourse.

    2. A kind of bazaar.

    3. A surname from Old French.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA