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alumni

/əˈlʌmˌnaɪ/

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What does alumni mean?

noun

  1. plural of alumnus
  2. plural of alumna
  3. plural of alum
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. An individual alumnus or alumna.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈlʌmˌnaɪ/

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I do not believe there is a school in America with a greater alumni roll of men and women of uniformly greater achievement.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
An hour before leaving the Washington hotel Percy chanced to meet a Congressman whom he had seen on several occasions at the University and who had spoken at the alumni banquet at the time of Percy's graduation.
Cyril G. (Cyril George) HopkinsThe Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #4527
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Among those in communication with Italians and acquainted with the course of their studies, were Bishop Bekington, one of the earliest alumni of Wykeham’s foundation at Oxford, Adam de Molyneux, the correspondent of Æneas Sylvius, Thomas Chaundler, warden of New College, Archdeacon Bildstone, Archbishop Arundel, the benefactor of Oxford University Library and correspondent of Salutati, Cardinal Beaufort’s secretary, and Humfrey of Gloucester.
Ernest Albert SavageOld English libraries : $b the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle AgesProject Gutenberg ebook #1615
In addition to these rising young people given to debate and dramatics, and to the members of the public school alumni associations which meet in our rooms, there are hundreds of others who for years have come to Hull-House frankly in search of that pleasure and recreation which all young things crave and which those who have spent long hours in a factory or shop demand as a right.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325