Bursar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bursar \Bur"sar\, n. [LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See
     {Burse}, and cf. {Purser}.]
     1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a
        college, or of a monastery.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his
        complete or partial support.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bursar
       n : the treasurer at a college or university

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "bursar":
     accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain,
     compensator, comptroller, controller, curator, defrayer,
     depositary, depository, financial officer, liquidator, payer,
     paymaster, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser,
     remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trustee