sizar


sizar

(ˈsaɪzə) n (Education) 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')] ˈsizarˌship n

siz•ar

or siz•er

(ˈsaɪ zər)

n. (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college. [1580–90; size1 (definition 7) + -ar3] siz′ar•ship`, n.