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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"About the hospital, Mr. Harding?" began Mr. Slope, speaking of it as the head of a college at Cambridge might speak of some sizarship which had to be disposed of.
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
I have seen some of these men attain high position in the world of politics or science, and yet still retain a look of labyrinth and Johnian sizarship.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
Southey and William Wilberforce became interested in him and procured for him a sizarship at St. John's College, Cambridge.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
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 Carleton, William
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 Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)
