alumna
[uh-luhm-nuh]
- a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
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Origin of alumna
Usage note
See alumnus.
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Contemporary Examples
The ‘SNL’ alumna is back with her first film since ‘Bridesmaids.’
"Women are expected to do everything, do it well, and look hot while doing it," one alumna told the commission.
“You are buying into that network,” says one recent Harvard alumna.
“They claim me as an alumna, though I did not alum,” she said.
Historical Examples
To the alumna and the student, the picture called up by those words is sufficiently definite and demands no amplification.
Teddy: Her BookAnna Chapin Ray
It was founded by an alumna for marked proficiency in English with general excellency in other lines.
Daddy Long-LegsJean Webster
A debate was sometimes introduced, a Shakespeare reading, or an address by an alumna student.
Earliest Years at VassarFrances A. Wood
alumna
- mainly US and Canadian a female graduate of a school, college, etc
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Word Origin
C19: feminine of alumnus
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Word Origin and History for alumna
n.
see alumnus.
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