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

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Etymology

Origin of sizar

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

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Example Sentences

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sizar

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Of the latter we hear nothing more until, in October, 1582, at the age of fifteen, he matriculated as a sizar of St. John's College, Cambridge.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Edmund Gosse

But why did you come up as a sizar, Julian?

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

And indeed the only pain it caused him arose from the now necessary decision that he must go to Saint Werner’s College as a sizar, or not at all.

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

Let me see; the next time I heard of him was when he attempted to enter college as a sizar, and failed.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

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