SIZAR

Etymology

Noun

sizar (plural sizars)

(British) At certain universities, e.g. Cambridge and Dublin, a student who receives an allowance for his college expenses (a study grant), originally in return for serving other (paying) students.

Source: Wiktionary

Si"zar, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition