subs. (university).—An exhibitioner of Merton College: also PORTIONIST.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, vii. I remember Mr. Larkyns … telling us that the son of one of his old friends had been a POSTMASTER of Merton.
1886. Oxford Guide [A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant]. The POSTMASTERS anciently performed the duties of Choristers, and their payment for this duty was six shillings and fourpence per annum.
