sizar

or siz·er

[ sahy-zer ]

noun

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

sizar

/ ˈsaɪzə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈsizarˌship, noun

Other Words From

• sizar·ship noun
• sub·sizar noun
• sub·sizar·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sizar¹

First recorded in 1580–90; size ¹ + -ar ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of sizar¹

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

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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