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alum·nus (ə lum′nəs)

noun pl. alumni -·ni′ (-nī′)

☆ a person, esp. a boy or man, who has attended or is a graduate of a particular school, college, etc.

Etymology: L, a pupil, foster son < alere, to nourish: see old

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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