SIZAR, an appellation by which the lowest order of students in Cambridge and Dublin are distinguished, is derived from the word size, which has a peculiar meaning. To size, in the language of the university, is to get any sort of victuals from the buttery, which the students may want in their own rooms, or in addition to their commons in the hall, and for which they pay the cooks or butchers at the end of each quarter. A size of anything is the smallest quantity of that thing which can be thus bought. In Oxford, the order similar to that of sizar is denominated servitor, a name evidently pointing to the menial order from which the class originated. The sizars are not upon the foundation, and therefore, whilst they continue sizars, are not capable of being elected fellows; but they may at any time, if they choose, become pensioners, and they generally sit for scholarships immediately before they take their first degrees. If successful, they are then on the foundation, and are entitled to become candidates for fellowships, when they have got their degree.