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A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster.

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  1. n. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster.
  2. n. One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
  3. 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley. 2. (Eccl.) One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
  4. One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or morerectors or vicars.
  5. n. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. n. One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.