Batteler

/ˈbætələr/ noun

A student at Oxford or Cambridge University who lives on battels (food provisions purchased on credit).

From 'battel' plus the agent suffix '-er,' forming a noun for someone who participates in the batteling system. Specific to Oxbridge institutional vocabulary from the medieval university system.

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