alumnus n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: {alumnus}, {alumna}, {alum}, {graduate}, {grad}]
Alumnus \A*lum"nus\, n.; pl. {Alumni}. [L., fr. alere to nourish.] A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning. [1913 Webster]
ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14.