Meaning of burse | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

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