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Synonyms for alumnus

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-luhm-nuh s
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlʌm nəs


Définition of alumnus

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin alumnus "a pupil," literally "foster son," vestigial present passive participle of alere "to nourish" (see old), with ending akin to Greek -omenos. Plural is alumni. Fem. is alumna (1882), fem. plural alumnae.
  • noun graduate
Example sentences :
  • It should not insist on making every alumnus a linguist or a mathematician.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various
  • He is an alumnus of Dartmouth of '87 and of Boston University, department of medicine, of '90.
  • Extract from : « Among the Sioux » by R. J. Creswell
  • But the work of the Association and its officers has not stopped with the Alumnus.
  • Extract from : « The University of Michigan » by Wilfred Shaw
  • And chance might have made thee an alumnus, like one of those.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • The University, however, shares the attachment of the alumnus.
  • Extract from : « Oxford and Her Colleges » by Goldwin Smith
  • He was a kindly, well-meaning man, and an alumnus of the college.
  • Extract from : « The Seven-Branched Candlestick » by Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) Gabriel
  • You may not believe it, Jim, but I am an alumnus of the Homeburg band.
  • Extract from : « Homeburg Memories » by George Helgesen Fitch
  • This measure of success was not calculated to displease our alumnus addictissimus.
  • Extract from : « Robert F. Murray » by Robert F. Murray
  • When he resigned in 1892 he became an instructor in natural science at Wilberforce University, of which he was an alumnus.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • He was an alumnus of the university, and had been appealed to to enlarge the opportunities of his Alma Mater.
  • Extract from : « The Popes and Science » by James J. Walsh

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