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Definition of Sizars

Sizar
Sizar 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. Note: 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.

Meaning of Sizars from wikipedia

- between two categories of sizar: there were specific endowments for specific numbers of sizars who were called "proper sizars"; those who were not so endowed...
- 1724 opera by Handel List of things named after Julius Caesar Pronounced /ˈsiːzər/ SEE-zər; classical Latin: [ˈɡaːjus ˈjuːljus ˈkaːjzar]. The last king and...
- César Felipe Millán Favela (/ˈsiːzər mɪˈlɑːn/ SEE-zər mil-AHN, Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ miˈʝan]; born August 27, 1969) is a Mexican-American dog trainer. His...
- Gaius Julius Caesar (/ˈsiːzər/; Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈjuːliʊs ˈkae̯sar]; c. 140 BC – 85 BC) was a Roman senator, a supporter of his brother-in-law, Gaius Marius...
- pensioners) who must pay for commons and tuition as distinct from scholars and sizars who both receive free commons and, in the case of scholars, free tuition...
- to the value of €150.00. Exhibitioners who are of limited means are made Sizars, entitled to Commons (evening meal) free of charge. Undergraduate students...
- Oxford and sizars at Cambridge and Dublin, who had their fees subsidized by the college in exchange for menial duties. Oliver Goldsmith was a sizar; Isaac...
- Matthew Francis Szczur (/ˈsiːzər/; born July 20, 1989) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB)...
- his income by accepting additional students. Pulleyn was admitted as a sizar to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1650, became a scholar there in 1651 and...
- Caesar Sculpture depiction of Julius Caesar Pronunciation English: /ˈsiːzər/ SEE-zər classical Latin: [ˈkae̯sar] Gender Male Language(s) Latin Origin...