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alumna, alumnae, alumnus, alumni
alumna (singular) (uh LUHM nuh) (noun)
A female graduate: Alicia's mother is an alumna of the University of California.
alumnae (plural) (uh LUHM nee) (noun)
Female graduates: Adrian's two sisters are both alumnae of Alpha High School.
alumnus (singular) (uh LUHM nuhs) (noun)
A male graduate: Clyde was an alumnus of the University of Iowa.
alumni (plural) (uh LUHM nigh) (noun)
Male graduates: All of the graduates at the commencement were alumni because it was a males-only university.
Stacy's parents were alumni of the same college, graduating at different years.
Darren's mother was an alumna (1934) and she often got together for lunch with her fellow alumnae.
Monica's father was an alumnus (1935) whose fellow alumni would get together occasionally to go to football games.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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alumni (masculine, plural)
Foster children; former students, as of an alma mater.
Graduates and former students of a coeducational institution are generally referred to by this masculine plural form, i.e. alumni.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A
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alumni (plural) (uh LUHM nigh)
Male graduates; generally used to refer to both the alumni and alumnae of a coeducational institution: "My parents are alumni of the same school."