Sizar

Academics at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1815: a pensioner sits at left, with two Masters of Arts (standing, in robes) and a sizar (the boy at centre).

At Trinity College Dublin and the University of Cambridge, a sizar /ˈszər/ is an undergraduate who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined job.


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