alumna
noun/əˈlʌmnə/
/əˈlʌmnə/
(plural alumnae
(formal)/əˈlʌmniː/
/əˈlʌmniː/
)- a former female student of a school, college or universityTopics Educationc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin, feminine of alumnus from Latin, ‘nursling, pupil’, from alere ‘nourish’.
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