matriculand
/məˈtrɪkjʊland/noun British
A person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university: on Saturday, we welcomed back our matriculands of 1965 and 1975...
- Out of 1,032 matriculands admitted in the session 1911-12, there were only three Frenchmen, all non-collegiate.
- Paris, conversely, had a northern bias: in 1773, 63 per cent of its matriculands came from north of the Loire.
- Melville had just reached the age of the university matriculand when he shipped aboard the Highlander on its voyage out from New York in 1837.
Origin
1950s: from matriculate + -and.