bursar

American  

[bur-ser, -sahr] / ˈbɜr sər, -sɑr /

noun

1. a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.

2. (in the Middle Ages) a university student.

3. Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.

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bursar British  

/ ˈbɜːsə /

noun

1. an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university

2. a student holding a bursary

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Other Word Forms

• underbursar noun

Etymology

Origin of bursar

1400–50; < Medieval Latin bursārius a purse-keeper, treasurer ( bursa, -ar ² ); replacing late Middle English bouser, variant of bourser < Anglo-French; Old French borsier

Example Sentences

That individual then took on the role of an inexperienced school bursar - an administrator - who pretended to not know what was going on.

From BBC

After she graduated from Florida Career College in 2016, she said, she pleaded with the campus director and bursar’s office to release her transcript but was told no.

From New York Times

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand recovered the ring and it will be handed back on Dec. 4, said Mark Blandford-Baker, home bursar at Magdalen College.

From Reuters

“We had given up hope of seeing it again,” Mark Blandford-Baker, Magdalen College’s home bursar, told AFP.

From Fox News

The bursar’s office at Morehouse has been busy ironing out the logistics since receiving Smith’s unprecedented gift.

From Washington Post