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Topic: COLLEGE

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: 'foster daughter, female pupil', from alere; ALIMENTARY CANAL

alumna

 noun
     
a‧lum‧na plural alumnae [countable] formal
SEC a woman who is a former student of a school, college, etc
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