1. a student at Cambridge University or Trinity College Dublin who receives financial assistance in exchange for performing certain duties
Usage: British; historical

Examples

• He entered Cambridge as a sizar, working in the dining hall to pay for his education.
• The sizar system allowed poor but talented students to attend university.
• As a sizar, she had to serve meals to other students before attending her own classes.
• Many famous scholars began their careers as sizars at Cambridge.
• The sizar would ring the college bell and perform other menial tasks.
• Being a sizar was often the only way for working-class students to afford university.