ALUMNUS (alumni)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alumnus mean? • ALUMNUS (noun)
The noun ALUMNUS has 1 sense:
1. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Familiarity information: ALUMNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALUMNUS (noun)
Meaning:
A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
alumna; alumnus; graduate; grad; alum
Hypernyms ("alumnus" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alumnus"):
Ivy Leaguer (a student or graduate at an Ivy League school)
old boy (a former male pupil of a school)
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