[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         the sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very
         little for lodging.                      --macaulay.
   1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster
see also:
size 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

batteler \bat"teler\, battler \bat"tler\, n. see 2d battel,
   n.
   a student at oxford who is supplied with provisions from the
   buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he
   called for, answering nearly to a sizar at cambridge.
   --wright.
   1913 webster
see also:
battel sizar 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

famulist \fam"ulist\, n. l. famulus servant.
   a collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to
   the sizar at cambridge. oxford univ., eng.
   1913 webster
see also:
sizar 

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