batteler means A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From battel + -er.
noun
- A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.“Dr. Radcliffe, the beneficent founder of this structure, was admitted a batteler of University College, in 1665, and was afterwards made senior scholar.”