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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: bursarius, from bursa 'bag (for money)'

bursar

 noun
     
Related topics: College, School
bur‧sar [countable]
SECSES someone at a school or college who deals with the accounts and office work
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