Bursar
['bɜːsə]
Definition
(n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.
(n.) A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.
Edited by Elsie
Definition
n. one who keeps the purse a treasurer: in Scotland a student maintained at a university by funds derived from endowment.—adj. Bursar′ial.—ns. Burs′arship the office of a bursar; Burs′ary in Scotland the allowance paid to a bursar; Burse a purse an obsolete form of Bourse.—adjs. Bursic′ulate bursiform: resembling a small pouch or provided with such; Burs′iform pouch-shaped.
Typed by Larry