Si"zar (?), n. One of a body of
students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who,
having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college
fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at
Oxford.
The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and
very little for lodging.
Macaulay.
&fist; They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done
away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in
distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size,
2.
Si"zar (?), n. One of a body of
students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who,
having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college
fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at
Oxford.
The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and
very little for lodging.
Macaulay.
&fist; They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done
away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in
distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size,
2.
