Batteler

Batteler
Batteler Bat"tel*er, Battler Bat"tler, n. [See 2d {Battel}, n.] A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a {sizar} at Cambridge. --Wright. [1913 Webster]

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  • Battler — Batteler Bat tel*er, Battler Bat tler, n. [See 2d {Battel}, n.] A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a {sizar} at Cambridge. Wright.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sizar — Batteler Bat tel*er, Battler Bat tler, n. [See 2d {Battel}, n.] A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a {sizar} at Cambridge. Wright.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • battel — batteler, n. /bat l/, n., v., batteled, batteling. Brit. n. 1. an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses. 2. battels, expenses, bills, and accounts of a student at Oxford,… …   Universalium

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