burse

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Noun === burse (plural burses) (now chiefly historical) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “burse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === rebus, erubs, Bures, Ubers, Suber, resub, Ruebs, urbes, bures, rubes, Reubs, suber, buers == Old English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin bursa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbur.se/, [ˈburˠ.ze] === Noun === burse f bag, pouch ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: === See also === purs === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “burse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.