Defn: A youth; especially, a student in a german university.
BURSCHENSCHAFT
Bur"schen*schaft`, n.; pl. -schaften (#). [G.]
Defn: In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. — Bur"schen*schaft`ler (#), -schaf`ter (#), n.
BURSE
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.)
Defn: 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.