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

In a month he had passed his first examinations and was made a sizar.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

After leaving school at Middleton, Curran passed to Trinity College, Dublin, which he entered as a sizar when nineteen years of age.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

Among other duties, a sizar had, with some of the scholars, to wait at table, a service not abolished until 6th May 1786.

From St. John's College, Cambridge by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

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)

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 Gosse, Edmund