Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sizar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
sizar
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge who receives an allowance for his college expenses or tuition, sometimes in return for doing a defined job.

British usage

Etymology

An alteration of sizer, from size (“fixed portion”) + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sizars (plural) sizer (alternative)

Derived Forms

sizarship subsizar

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does sizar mean?
An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge who receives an allowance for his college expenses or tuition, sometimes in return for doing a defined job.
Where does sizar come from?
An alteration of sizer, from size (“fixed portion”) + -er.

How to pronounce sizar

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