sizar
noun
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
sizarship
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a word derived from
sizar.
Example Sentences
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In the course of his first year he read for and obtained a sizarship, to which the college records show that he was duly admitted on the 6th of July, 1733.
From Sterne by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
Longford, the son of a poor clergyman, he was educated at various country schools until, in 1744, he secured a sizarship in Trinity College, Dublin.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
Yes, and although they refused me a sizarship in Trinity College—for what will not fear and envy do?
From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Maximilian was sent to the school of the town, whence he proceeded with a sizarship to the college of Louis-le-Grand in Paris.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley
Twice I tried for a sizarship at Clare Hall,—but in vain.
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
