burse

See also: Burse and bürşe

English

Etymology

Compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).

Noun

burse (plural burses)

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

References

• “burse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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