Antonyms for alumnus
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uh-luhm-nuh s |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlʌm nəs |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for alumnus
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