batteler

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A student at Oxford indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink at the buttery.
2. n. One of a rank or order of students at Oxford below commoners; a poor student.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.