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murse

noun
/mɝs/US/mɜːs/UK

Etymology

Blend of male + nurse.

  1. derived from βύρσα — “hide, wine-skin”
  2. derived from bursa — “leather bag”
  3. inherited from *pusô✻ — “bag, sack, scrip”
  4. inherited from *pusō✻
  5. inherited from purs — “purse”
  6. inherited from purs
  7. compounded as murse — “man + purse”

Definitions

  1. A man's purse.

    • But I could use it as a murse for the show if you're parting with that ole thing.

  2. A male nurse.

    • Scrubs used this one recently, where Elliot couldn't cope with the idea of dating a male nurse ("murse") and Carla was having trouble accepting Turk's marriage proposal:

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA