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.
Origin: 1400–50; < Medieval Latin bursārius a purse-keeper, treasurer (see bursa, -ar2); replacing late Middle English bouser, variant of bourser < Anglo-French; Old French borsier