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bursar
[ bur-ser, -sahr ]
noun
- a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
- (in the Middle Ages) a university student.
- Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.
bursar
/ ˈbɜːsə /
noun
- an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university
- a student holding a bursary
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- under·bursar noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bursar1
C13: from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse
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Example Sentences
To add to the embarrassment, several of the few students enrolled failed to pay their fees, and the Bursar could not collect them.
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To the board of every Bursar, other than those in the classes of Theology and Medicine, twenty pounds.
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The Bursar thought that Mr. Ravenshoe's plea of sobriety should be taken in extenuation.
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In 1846 he was appointed Tutor of his College, and in 1848 was appointed Bursar.
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The best of them is the most recent addition, a fine tower put up in 1880 to the memory of a former Bursar, Mr. Robinson.
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