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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
Frustration about the uncertain future also vexed some alumni.
Very few campuses had the resources to extend credit to students in the hopes that alumni would earn enough after graduation to pay back the cost of earning their degrees.
Those alumni all graduated on time from high school, most to study at a two- or four-year college, and others to join the military or begin trade work.
Thousands of law school alumni and students push for disbarment of Sens.
One of the important things that I would like to do as dean is to continue to engage alumni.
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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Alumnus Vs. Alumni Vs. Alumna Vs. Alumnae Vs. Alum
What’s the difference between alumnus and alumni?
An alumnus is a graduate of a school, such as a high school or university. The plural of alumnus is alumni (which follows the plural ending construction used in other Latin-derived words, like stimulus and stimuli).
In Latin, alumnus specifically refers to a male graduate, and sometimes this distinction is carried into English, with alumna being used to refer to a female graduate. The plural of alumna is alumnae.
Still, alumnus and alumni are both commonly used in a gender-neutral way.
The informal shortening alum is used to refer to a single graduate (regardless of gender). It’s sometimes pluralized as alums.
Here’s an example of alumnus and alumni used correctly in the same sentence.
Example: As an alumnus, you share something with all of the alumni, regardless of when each of you graduated.
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between alumnus and alumni.
Quiz yourself on alumnus vs. alumni!
Should alumnus or alumni be used in the following sentence?
The five-year reunion is usually well attended by _____.
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