bursar

bursar
/berr"seuhr, -sahr/, n.
1. a treasurer or business officer, esp. of a college or university.
2. (in the Middle Ages) a university student.
3. Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.
[1400-50; < ML bursarius a purse-keeper, treasurer (see BURSA, -AR2); r. late ME bouser, var. of bourser < AF; OF borsier]

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Synonyms:
, (of a college or monastery) /


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