burse — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A purse.

   Usage

   • Historical

   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.

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. A stock exchange; a bourse.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

5. A kind of bazaar.

   Usage

   • Obsolete