name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
burse
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A purse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
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noun
Meaning 4
An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 5
A stock exchange; a bourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A kind of bazaar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
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”).