What does burse mean?
Burse means (now chiefly historical) A purse..
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/ · noun
(now chiefly historical) A purse..
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.
Use burse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Burse means (now chiefly historical) A purse..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us.
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