Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bursar

Bursar ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Late Latin bursarius, from bursa purse. See Burse, and compare Purser.]

1.
A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.
2.
A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.