a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
2.
(in the Middle Ages) a university student.
3.
Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.
Origin
1400-50; < Medieval Latinbursārius a purse-keeper, treasurer (see bursa, -ar2); replacing late Middle Englishbouser, variant of bourser < Anglo-French;Old Frenchborsier
Related forms
underbursar, noun
Examples from the web for bursar
Eventually he was bursar, then auditor of the college, serving fifty years on the faculty.
British Dictionary definitions for bursar
bursar
/ˈbɜːsə/
noun
1.
an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university
2.
(mainly Scot & NZ) a student holding a bursary
Word Origin
C13: from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse
Word Origin and History for bursar
n.
"treasurer of a college," 1580s, from Anglo-Latin burser "treasurer" (13c.), from Medieval Latin bursarius "purse-bearer," from bursa (see purse (n.)). Related: Bursarial.