Meaning

5 senses
  1. (historical)A purse.

  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. (obsolete)A stock exchange; a bourse.

  5. (obsolete)A kind of bazaar.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient

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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Forms

plural: burses
Singularburse
Pluralburses

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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