matriculant

[ muh-trik-yuh-luhnt ]

noun

1. a person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation.

Other Words From

• nonma·tricu·lant noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of matriculant¹

1880–85; < Late Latin matriculant-, stem of mātriculāns, present participle of mātrīculāre “to enroll” ( matriculate ( def ) )

Example Sentences

Today, at many schools the pendulum has swung so far in the direction of performance marketing that every expenditure on marketing and advertising is evaluated by its cost per lead, applicant, and matriculant.

From Forbes

That influence decidedly did not come as a matriculant.

From New York Times

Therein, Dean Emory R. Johnson reported that he had, during a recent visit to Chufu, in the Province of Shantung, China, invited as a matriculant to the University of Pennsylvania a young gentleman whose genealogy has no peer for well-authenticated length or world-wide distinction, Duke K'ung, aged 6.

From Time Magazine Archive

Flora Whitney, whose turfwise family knew the Middleburg atmosphere, was an early and helpful matriculant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each new matriculant was expected, although many failed to conform to the arrangement, to select an evening on which to entertain his fellow students, the entertainment consisting generally in furnishing biscuits and beer—the old, time-endorsed 'cakes and ale.'

From Project Gutenberg