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Definition of Sizar
1. n. One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.
Definition of Sizar
1. Noun. (British) At certain universities, e.g. Cambridge and Dublin, a student who receives an allowance for his college expenses (study grant); originally in return for serving other (paying) students. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sizar
1. a British student who receives financial assistance from his college [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sizar
1. One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. "The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging." (Macaulay) They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sizar
Literary usage of Sizar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"The master's sizar, therefore, waited upon him for the sake of his ... Thus the
term sub-sizar became forgotten, and the sizar was supposed to be the same ..."
2. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"William Shaw, s. of Ralph S., yeoman, of Sandbach ; b. and bred at Sandbach (private
school) ; adm. sizar May 12, 1635, a. 15. 163. ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"Improvident Marriages in the Goldsmith Family— Goldsmith at the University—Situation
of a sizar— Tyranny of Wilder, the Tutor—Pecuniary Straits— Street ..."
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