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sizar
or siz·er
[ sahy-zer ]
noun
- (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
sizar
/ ˈsaɪzə /
noun
- (at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate receiving a maintenance grant from the college
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Derived Forms
- ˈsizarˌship, noun
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Other Words From
- sizar·ship noun
- sub·sizar noun
- sub·sizar·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sizar1
C16: from earlier sizer, from size 1(meaning ``an allowance of food, etc'')
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Example Sentences
He was the son of a barber, but was well educated, and was able to enter Caius College as a sizar at thirteen.
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Let the poor sizar toil over musty books; he will have a race horse.
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Let me see; the next time I heard of him was when he attempted to enter college as a sizar, and failed.
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Am I a poor sizar of Trinity, whose hard struggle with poverty has caught your sympathy?
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In 1705 he entered as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained.
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