In the
19th century, a
sizar was one of a body of students in the
universities of Cambridge 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.
They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions.
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