alma mater

Alma mater is defined as the school that a person attended.

(noun)

Harvard Law School is an example of President Barach Obama's alma mater.

The definition of an alma mater is the song that is used to represent an educational institute.

(noun)

The Harvard fight song is an example of an alma mater.

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See alma mater in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. the college or school that one attended
  2. its official anthem, or hymn

Origin: L, fostering mother

See alma mater in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or Al·ma Ma·ter

noun
  1. The school, college, or university that one has attended.
  2. The anthem of an institution of higher learning.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin Alma Māter, nourishing mother (epithet of certain goddesses)

Origin: : alma

Origin: , feminine of almus, nourishing; see al-2 in Indo-European roots

Origin: + māter, mother; see maternal

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