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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Oxford University, an inferior member of a college; a servant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Oxford Univ., Eng. A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.

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  • noun UK A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.

Etymologies

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Latin famulus servant.

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