: an officer (as of a monastery or college) in charge of funds : treasurer
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Although her parents had conventionally middle-class occupations—her mother was a school bursar, her father a businessman—her dad had the kind of unusual background that makes a writer salivate.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 He was owned by William O. Young, who oversaw the university's business affairs as secretary and bursar from 1917 to 1941, the release said.—Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2022 The entry was listed in a William & Mary bursar’s report from the 1754-55 academic year.—Washington Post, 7 May 2022 Tips about Education Financing Ask the college bursar about tuition installment plans.—Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021 See all Example Sentences for bursar
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Etymology
Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French burser, from Medieval Latin bursarius, from bursa
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