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bursar

bur·sar [ búrssər ] (plural bur·sars)


noun 
Definition:
 
treasurer: an official who has charge of funds, particularly in a university, college, school, or monastery

[13th century. Directly or via French< medieval Latin bursarius< bursa (see bursa)]

bur·sar·ship noun
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