batteler (plural battelers)
(Oxford University, obsolete) A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.
• sizar (Cambridge University)
• berattle, bralette
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tel*er, Bat"tler, n. Etym: [See 2d Battel, n.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2024
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