bursar

[ bur-ser, -sahr ]

noun

1. 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.

bursar

/ ˈbɜːsə /

noun

1. an official in charge of the financial management of a school, college, or university
2. a student holding a bursary

Other Words From

• under·bursar noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bursar¹

1400–50; < Medieval Latin bursārius a purse-keeper, treasurer ( bursa, -ar ² ); replacing late Middle English bouser, variant of bourser < Anglo-French; Old French borsier

Word History and Origins

Origin of bursar¹

C13: from Medieval Latin bursārius keeper of the purse, from bursa purse

Example Sentences

After she graduated from Florida Career College in 2016, she said, she pleaded with the campus director and bursar’s office to release her transcript but was told no.

From New York Times

A former top director of Howard University’s bursar’s office pleaded guilty Friday to stealing nearly $140,000 from the university.

From Washington Post

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand recovered the ring and it will be handed back on Dec. 4, said Mark Blandford-Baker, home bursar at Magdalen College.

From Reuters

“We had given up hope of seeing it again,” Mark Blandford-Baker, Magdalen College’s home bursar, told AFP.

From Fox News

Another monk, David Pearce, the head of the junior school and the then bursar, was jailed in 2009 for eight years – reduced to five on appeal – for sexual offences against five pupils.

From The Guardian