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nounbatteler (plural battelers)
plural battelers · alternative batteller · alternative battler
- obsoleteOxford UniversityA student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.
Dr. Radcliffe, the beneficent founder of this structure, was admitted a batteler of University College, in 1665, and was afterwards made senior scholar.
1833, J.N. Brewer, “Oxford”, in Beauties of England and WalesSynonyms: sizar
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nounA student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.
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