bursar

[ bur-ser, -sahr ]

/ ˈbɜr sər, -sɑr /

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noun

a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.

(in the Middle Ages) a university student.

Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.

Origin of bursar

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bursar

un·der·bur·sar, noun

Words nearby bursar

bursa, bursal synovitis, bursa of Fabricius, bursa of gastrocnemius, bursa of semimembranosus, bursar, bursarial, bursary, Burschenschaft, burse, bursectomy

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Example sentences from the Web for bursar

Since you are bursar for the lunch, said the secretary, I will buy the ferry tickets, and he did so.
Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley
"The bursar of Trinity shall be a proverb for a good fellow that loveth his lush," hiccoughed out Fegan.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)|Charles Lever
No bursar of a college or housekeeper of a school can fail to read it with a sympathetic smile.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power
The Cellarer was in fact the steward of the house; his modern representative is the bursar of a college.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts

Suppose he went to the Bursar, obtained an exeat, fled straight to London!
Zuleika Dobson|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for bursar

bursar

/ (ˈbɜːsə) /

noun

an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university

mainly Scot and NZ a student holding a bursary

Word Origin for bursar

C13: from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse

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

单词	bursar
释义	bursar [ bur-ser, -sahr ] / ˈbɜr sər, -sɑr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bursar ON THESAURUS.COM noun a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university. (in the Middle Ages) a university student. Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship. Origin of bursar 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 OTHER WORDS FROM bursar un·der·bur·sar, noun Words nearby bursar bursa, bursal synovitis, bursa of Fabricius, bursa of gastrocnemius, bursa of semimembranosus, bursar, bursarial, bursary, Burschenschaft, burse, bursectomy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bursar Since you are bursar for the lunch, said the secretary, I will buy the ferry tickets, and he did so. Plum Pudding\|Christopher Morley "The bursar of Trinity shall be a proverb for a good fellow that loveth his lush," hiccoughed out Fegan. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)\|Charles Lever No bursar of a college or housekeeper of a school can fail to read it with a sympathetic smile. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535\|Eileen Edna Power The Cellarer was in fact the steward of the house; his modern representative is the bursar of a college. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages\|Edward Lewes Cutts Suppose he went to the Bursar, obtained an exeat, fled straight to London! Zuleika Dobson\|Max Beerbohm British Dictionary definitions for bursar bursar / (ˈbɜːsə) / noun an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university mainly Scot and NZ a student holding a bursary Word Origin for bursar C13: from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse 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 Words related to bursar cashier, purser, controller, paymaster
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bursar

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