Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a bursar.
- noun A bursary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a bursar.
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- noun The rank or office of a
bursar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He bore his poverty with the same dignity which characterized him in his prosperity, and when the Trustees resolved to depart from the old plan of devolving the bursarship on a Professor, it fell by universal consent to him, with whom millions of dollars would have been as safe as in the Bank of England.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912 Kemp Plummer 1912
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But the scandal that he had to resign his bursarship for misappropriation of funds in connection with the tower may certainly be rejected.
The Charm of Oxford 1892
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The bursarship was next given me — It seems to have grown
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I. 849.] _bursar_, _bursarship_, etc. BOLTON CORNEY.
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