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Definition of sizar in English: sizarnoun ˈsʌɪzəˈsaɪzər An undergraduate at Cambridge University or at Trinity College, Dublin, receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties. Example sentencesExamples - He'd won a scholarship-he couldn't have gone otherwise-but as a sizar, his expenses paid at the weekly rate of one shilling and sixpence, he could hardly expect to keep up with the young lords around him.
- At first he was a sizar but from his second year onwards he received a full scholarship.
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete size 'ration of bread, beer, etc.' + -ar3. Definition of sizar in US English: sizarnounˈsīzərˈsaɪzər An undergraduate at Cambridge University or at Trinity College, Dublin, receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties. Example sentencesExamples - At first he was a sizar but from his second year onwards he received a full scholarship.
- He'd won a scholarship-he couldn't have gone otherwise-but as a sizar, his expenses paid at the weekly rate of one shilling and sixpence, he could hardly expect to keep up with the young lords around him.
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete size ‘ration of bread, beer, etc.’ + -ar. |