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Synonyms for bursar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bur-ser, -sahr
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr sər, -sɑr

Définition of bursar

Origin :
  • "treasurer of a college," 1580s, from Anglo-Latin burser "treasurer" (13c.), from Medieval Latin bursarius "purse-bearer," from bursa (see purse (n.)). Related: Bursarial.
  • noun treasurer
Example sentences :
  • I do not know how far you are in the right about guessing at a Bursar: Tim.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 » by Various
  • While Bursar of Magdalen College he built the college chapel tower.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Outlines » by Anonymous
  • The Bursar thought that Mr. Ravenshoe's plea of sobriety should be taken in extenuation.
  • Extract from : « Ravenshoe » by Henry Kingsley
  • “The Bursar and I shall have plenty of time for an explanation—later,” said Pluto.
  • Extract from : « The Casual Ward » by A. D. Godley
  • Suppose he went to the Bursar, obtained an exeat, fled straight to London!
  • Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm
  • Since you are bursar for the lunch, said the secretary, I will buy the ferry tickets, and he did so.
  • Extract from : « Plum Pudding » by Christopher Morley
  • Not seeing him anywhere, he found the bursar and inquired for Dr. Claudius.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Claudius, A True Story » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Into the archway leading to the Bursar's room and to East Dormitory, or through the opening to the quad?
  • Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
  • "The bursar of Trinity shall be a proverb for a good fellow that loveth his lush," hiccoughed out Fegan.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • No bursar of a college or housekeeper of a school can fail to read it with a sympathetic smile.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power

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