bursch

plural burschen

1. archaicA German university student.

   A student's day's work usually begins late. During the half year previous to his final examination he is perhaps up and at work betimes, but a bursch who rises early and studies hard in the first half year is a rare exception to the general rule.

   1879, Henry Vizetelly, Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements, volume 2

plural Bursches

1. A surname from German.