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alumnus
[ uh-luhm-nuhs ]
noun
- a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university, especially a man:
As an alumnus of this university myself, I am proud to dedicate its new building.
- a former associate, employee, member, or the like:
He invited all the alumni of the library staff to the party.
alumnus
/ əˈlʌmnəs /
noun
- a graduate of a school, college, etc
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of alumnus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of alumnus1
Example Sentences
She says she met Cosby, a Temple alumnus and big-time donor to the university, in November 2002.
A former House Budget chairman and Fox News alumnus, Kasich was a libertarian leaning fiscal conservative before it was cool.
The best known was Brotherhood alumnus Sayyid Qutb, whom the Egyptian state executed in 1966.
The celebrated nanny college counts as its most famous (if fictional) alumnus Mary Poppins.
Hayes was very much a creature of the left, a proud alumnus of The Nation and In These Times.
Alumnus, al-um′nus, n. one educated at a college is called an alumnus of it:—pl.
It is a recollection blended of many feelings, that which the recurring Commencement brings to the alumnus.
The University, however, shares the attachment of the alumnus.
He didn't look like a Dumbarton Oaks product: I thought he was more likely an alumnus of some private detective agency.
Some high school alumnus in whose heart there is appreciation of Rome's gift to us might present a book to his Alma Mater.
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