In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BURSE
Proper noun
Burse (plural Burses)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burse is the 11886th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2634 individuals. Burse is most common among Black/African American (68.68%) and White (25.32%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Suber, Ubers, buers, bures, erubs, rebus, resub, rubes, suber, urbes
Etymology
Noun
burse (plural burses)
(obsolete) 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.
Anagrams
• Suber, Ubers, buers, bures, erubs, rebus, resub, rubes, suber, urbes
Source: Wiktionary
Burse, n. Etym: [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse, and cf. Bursch, Purse.]
1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scot.]
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley.
4. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.
5. A kind of bazaar. [Obs.] She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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