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sizar

or siz·er

[ sahy-zer ]

noun

  1. (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.


sizar

/ ˈsaɪzə /

noun

  1. (at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate receiving a maintenance grant from the college
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsizarˌship, noun
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Other Words From

  • sizar·ship noun
  • sub·sizar noun
  • sub·sizar·ship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sizar1

First recorded in 1580–90; size 1 + -ar 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sizar1

C16: from earlier sizer, from size 1(meaning ``an allowance of food, etc'')
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Example Sentences

He was the son of a barber, but was well educated, and was able to enter Caius College as a sizar at thirteen.

Let the poor sizar toil over musty books; he will have a race horse.

Let me see; the next time I heard of him was when he attempted to enter college as a sizar, and failed.

Am I a poor sizar of Trinity, whose hard struggle with poverty has caught your sympathy?

In 1705 he entered as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained.

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