sizar

noun

sizar

noun

Etymology An alteration of sizer, from size (“fixed portion”) + -er.

1

UK An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge who receives an allowance for his college expenses or tuition, sometimes in return for doing a defined job.

Derived terms
sizarship, subsizar
Related terms
bursar, scholarship

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