Bible Encyclopedias
Sizar

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A poor student at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, so called from the size or allowance of food they were recipients of out of the college buttery.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sizar'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sizar.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.