SG Heritage Dictionary

Bursar [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A treasurer, or cash-keeper, as the bursar of a college, or of a monastery; a purser.

2. 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.

Bursar [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Bursar-ship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The office of a bursar.

Bursarship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The office of a bursar.

Bursary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The treasury of a college, or monastery.

2. In Scotland, an exhibition.

Bursary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The treasury of a college or monastery.

2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.