sizar

American  

[sahy-zer] / ˈsaɪ zər /

Or sizer

noun

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

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sizar British  

/ ˈsaɪzə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• sizarship
  noun
• subsizar
  noun
• subsizarship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sizar

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

Example Sentences

On the 19th of May 1647 he entered Christ’s College, Cambridge, as a sizar, and in the following year took his degree of B.A.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

He was educated at Dungannon, was a sizar, "native," and schoolmaster in T.C.D., and was ordained in 1673.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

He became a sizar of Caius College, Cambridge, in 1592, but was expelled in the next year for stealing a book.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

The two incidents that we have narrated made Julian fear that his position as a sizar would be one of continual annoyance.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

He was the son of a barber, but was well educated, and was able to enter Caius College as a sizar at thirteen.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George