burse

See also: Burse and bürşe

English

Etymology

Compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).

Noun

burse (plural burses)

(obsolete) A purse.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
(ecclesiastical) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
(obsolete) A stock exchange; a bourse.
(obsolete) A kind of bazaar.

References

burse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Suber, Ubers, buers, bures, erubs, rebus, resub, rubes, suber, urbes

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