sizar

 [sahy-zer]  

siz·ar

   [sahy-zer]
noun
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
Also, sizer.

Origin:
1580–90; size1 + -ar3

Related forms
siz·ar·ship, noun
sub·siz·ar, noun
sub·siz·ar·ship, noun
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sizar (ˈsaɪzə)
 
—n
(Brit) (at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate receiving a maintenance grant from the college
 
[C16: from earlier sizer, from size1 (meaning ``an allowance of food, etc'')]
 
'sizarship
 
—n

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