alumnus
noun /əˈlʌmnəs/
/əˈlʌmnəs/
(plural alumni
(especially North American English, formal) /əˈlʌmnaɪ/
/əˈlʌmnaɪ/
)- a former male student of a school, college or universityTopics Educationc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryAlumnus is used before these nouns:
- reunion
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘nursling, pupil’, from alere ‘nourish’.