Băt'tel-er, or Băt'tler,, n.
n. [See BATTEL, n.]
Sense 1. A student at Oxford who stands indebted in the college books for provisions and drink at the buttery;—formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.
Sense 2. One who keeps terms, or resides at the university.