bursar
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"The strike happened two weeks ago," Sister Maria Wehbeh, the school's bursar, who came to assess the damage, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
That individual then took on the role of an inexperienced school bursar - an administrator - who pretended to not know what was going on.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
While her unlikely role as the quiet bursar to anti-immigration organizations has been previously reported, her motivation and engagement in the immigration issue remained largely hidden.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019
His father used to be the bursar at Roedean girls' school, for heaven's sake.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2013
The bursar was an elderly, irritable man who became more irritable when he discovered he had to give money to me rather than the other way around.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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