- Fairly recent trend in young male adults to carry handbags. Often, the handbags are actually laptop bags or messenger bags, giving rise to the synonym manbag. The term murse describing the hand bag should not be confused with the murse for male nurse.
Murse 2
noun; blending and clipping
Purse for males
Etymology : Clipping and blending of man/male and purse
Source : Not many men can carry off a murse, but with a bag like this one, you don’t have to. - Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine (November 28, 2010)
Last modified: 8 December 2010