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Definition of Alumnus
1. Noun. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
Specialized synonyms: Ivy Leaguer, Old Boy
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student
Derivative terms: Graduate, Graduate
Definition of Alumnus
1. n. A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Definition of Alumnus
1. Noun. a male pupil or student ¹
2. Noun. a male graduate ¹
3. Noun. a student ¹
4. Noun. a graduate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alumnus
1. a male graduate [n -NI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alumnus
Literary usage of Alumnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Semi-centennial Celebration of Michigan State Agricultural College: May by Thomas Charles Blaisdell (1908)
"Every alumnus has incurred a debt of gratitude to his Alma Mater, which has looked
after ... If each alumnus is true to the obligations thus imposed on him, ..."
2. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"If you must drink to excess, or indulge in other vices, let it be somewhere else
than among young men over whom, as an alumnus, your influence is great. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1884)
"... alumnus. London, \^ì. 4. Aristophanes for English Readers. By W. Lucas Collins,
MA Edinburgh and London, Reprint, 1877. 3. The Wasps of Aristophanes. ..."
4. The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845 to 1849 by James Knox Polk, Milo Milton Quaife (1910)
"Mr. Semmes, an alumnus of the college, delivered an able address. At the request
of the President of the College I took a seat with him on the elevated ..."
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