Adjacent Words

Bursar definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BURS'AR, n. [See Burse.] A treasurer,or cash-keeper, as the bursar of a college, or of a monastery; a purser.
1. A student to whom a stipend is paid out of a burse or fund appropriated for that purpose, as the exhibitioners sent to the universities in Scotland by each presbytery.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the treasurer at a college or university

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French burser, from Medieval Latin bursarius, from bursa Date: 13th century an officer (as of a monastery or college) in charge of funds ; treasurer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a treasurer, esp. the person in charge of the funds and other property of a college. 2 the holder of a bursary. Derivatives: bursarship n. Etymology: F boursier or (in sense 1) med.L bursarius f. bursa bag

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bursar Bur"sar, n. [LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See Burse, and cf. Purser.] 1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery. 2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bursars) The bursar of a school or college is the person who is in charge of its finance or general administration. = treasurer N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Treasurer, cashier (of a college or monastery). 2. Holder of a bursary.

Moby Thesaurus

accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, compensator, comptroller, controller, curator, defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, liquidator, payer, paymaster, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser, remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trustee