A house for the corporate lodging of students in a university; a hostel or hall. Obsolete.

A house of residence for students at a university or elsewhere; esp. (in recent times) for students connected with a non-resident college; = hall, n.1…

A residence for Cambridge University undergraduates not financially supported by their college. Cf. pensioner, n. 5.

In the Medieval period: a lodging house or residence for students at Oxford or Cambridge universities. Now historical.

A university hall of residence; = hostel, n.1 3. Obsolete.

Chiefly North American. In universities and colleges: a building providing accommodation for students; a residence hall, a dormitory.

See quot. 1831 (Cf. burse, n. 7.)

= sense 4c.

In universities and colleges: a building in which students reside; a hall of residence; a hostel. U.S.

A term applied, esp. in the English universities, to a building or buildings set apart for the… In recent times applied to buildings in University…

A hostel for students; = hospitium, n. 2.

A place of residence for students in a university; a hall or hostel.