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An alumnus or alumna is a former student
and most often a graduate of an
educational institution (school, college,
university).[8] According to the United
States Department of Education, the term
alumnae is used in conjunction with either
women's colleges[9] or a female group of
students. The term alumni is used in
conjunction with either men's colleges, a
male group of students, or a mixed group
of students:
See also
Category:Alumni by educational
institution
References
1. "The State Of Corporate Alumni : 2017
Survey Results" . EnterpriseAlumni -
Large Organization Alumni & Retiree
Management. 2017-10-02. Retrieved
2018-10-29.
2. "Alumni – Definition from the Free
Merriam Webster Dictionary" .
Merriam-webster.com. 2010-08-13.
Retrieved 2011-02-15. "1: A person
who has attended or has graduated
from a particular school, college, or
university. 2: a person who is a former
member, employee, contributor, or
inmate"
3. "Alumnus – definition of alumnus by
Macmillan dictionary" .
Macmillandictionary.com. Retrieved
2011-02-15. "Someone who was a
student at a particular school, college,
or university"
4. Merriam-Webster: alumnus ...
5. For example, Digest 40, 2, 14
6. Boswell 1988, pp. 116.
7. Boswell 1988, pp. 117–119.
8. The American Heritage Dictionary of
the English Language
9. "Archived: Women's Colleges in the
United States: History, Issues, and
Challenges" . Ed.gov. Archived from
the original on 2006-08-15. Retrieved
2011-02-15.
10. "alumni – Definitions from
Dictionary.com" .
Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved
2011-02-15.
11. "alum." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v
1.0.1). Based on the Random House
Unabridged Dictionary, © Random
House, Inc. 2006. 1 December 2006.
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/brows
e/alum
Bibliography
Boswell, John (1988). The Kindness of
Strangers:The Abandonment of Children
in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to
the Renaissance. New York: Pantheon.
ISBN 9780226067124.
External links
The dictionary definition of alumnus at
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