matriculant
Americannoun
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Origin of matriculant
1880–85; < Late Latin matriculant-, stem of mātriculāns, present participle of mātrīculāre “to enroll” ( see matriculate ( def. ))
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Flora Whitney, whose turfwise family knew the Middleburg atmosphere, was an early and helpful matriculant.
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