Alumni’s
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
a former associate, employee, member, or the like:
He invited all the alumni of the library staff to the party.
noun (pl) -ni (-naɪ)
(mainly US & Canadian) a graduate of a school, college, etc
n.
1640s, from Latin alumnus “a pupil,” literally “foster son,” vestigial present passive participle of alere “to nourish” (see old), with ending akin to Greek -omenos. Plural is alumni. Fem. is alumna (1882), fem. plural alumnae.
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