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Burse

//ˈbɜː(ɹ)s// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
Noun
  1. 1
    A purse. historical

    "Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us."

  2. 2
    A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
  3. 3
    An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
  4. 4
    A stock exchange; a bourse. obsolete
  5. 5
    A kind of bazaar. obsolete

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”).

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