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bursar

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bur·sar  (bûrsr, -sär)
n.
An official in charge of funds, as at a college or university; a treasurer.

[Middle English burser, from Medieval Latin bursrius, from Late Latin bursa, purse; see bursa.]

bursar [ˈbɜːsə]
n
1. (Social Science / Education) an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university
2. (Social Science / Education) Chiefly Scot and NZ a student holding a bursary
[from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bursar - the treasurer at a college or university
financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
Translations
bursar [ˈbɜːsəʳ] N (Univ etc) → tesorero/a m/f; [of school] → administrador(a) m/f
bursar [ˈbɜːrr] néconome mf
bursar
nSchatzmeister(in) m(f), → Finanzverwalter(in) m(f)
bursar [ˈbɜːsəʳ] n (Univ) → economo/a
bursar [ˈbɜːsəʳ] n (Univ) → economo/a


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I now discovered that he also kept a particularly mellow Scotch whiskey, an excellent cigar, and a fund of anecdote of which a mordant wit was the worthy bursar.
from which they derived their name, or the bursars of the college of Dormans on their shaved tonsure, and their surtout parti-colored of bluish-green, blue, and violet cloth,
 
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