alumnus

3 definitions found

alumnus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alumnus \A*lum"nus\, n.; pl. Alumni. [L., fr. alere to
     nourish.]
     A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other
     seminary of learning.
     [1913 Webster]

alumnus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alumnus
      n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high
           school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna,
           alum, graduate, grad]

alumnus - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40,
  2, 14.