sizar

or siz·er

[ sahy-zer ]

noun

(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.

Origin of sizar

First recorded in 1580–90; size¹ + -ar³

Other words from sizar

siz·ar·ship, noun
sub·siz·ar, noun
sub·siz·ar·ship, noun

Words Nearby sizar

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How to use sizar in a sentence

He was the son of a barber, but was well educated, and was able to enter Caius College as a sizar at thirteen.
A History of English Literature | George Saintsbury
Let the poor sizar toil over musty books; he will have a race horse.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 | Various
Let me see; the next time I heard of him was when he attempted to enter college as a sizar, and failed.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) | Charles James Lever
Am I a poor sizar of Trinity, whose hard struggle with poverty has caught your sympathy?
Lord Kilgobbin | Charles Lever
In 1705 he entered as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for sizar

sizar

/ (ˈsaɪzə) /

noun

British (at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate receiving a maintenance grant from the college

Origin of sizar

C16: from earlier sizer, from size 1 (meaning ``an allowance of food, etc'')

Derived forms of sizar

sizarship, noun

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