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Alumna

Alumna \A*lum"na\, n. fem.; pl. Alumn[ae] . [L. See Alumnus.] A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. [1913 Webster] ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alumna

see alumnus.

Wiktionary
alumna

n. 1 a female pupil or student (especially of a university or college) 2 a female graduate

WordNet
alumna
  1. n. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alum, graduate, grad]

  2. [also: alumnae (pl)]

Usage examples of "alumna".

I find it hard to believe one orgy alumna would retain her suit when another did not.

Shaeffer, president of Farmers Trust Bank, married to an alumna, Liz, now in her early sixties.

Junior League, an active Kappa alumna, something in the hospital auxiliary, and something else at the country club.

Neither is aware that I, in my capacity as an alumna and a chapter sponsor, had to stop Jean Hall from threatening everything dear to Kappa Theta Eta.

That evening, after their frolic on the beach, I intend to bring all the Chatterford alumnae home -- except Eva.

Nilsson, treasurer, looked relieved as she took over, as did Alfonso Perez, the director of alumnae affairs.

Knute came in wringing his hands about the potential for lost alumnae funds and what were we going to do about the position of director of alumnae affairs?

Stanford University launched a drive to raise one billion dollars in alumnae contributions.

Al would sound out those alumnae, or usually their husbands, who would pay big bucks for a sword of Washington.

These facts are recorded in the yearly newsletter, released at Commencement, Leonie had distributed by her Department to colleagues on the campus, to alumnae, and pandemically to friends and contacts.

As Hillela had adapted her subject to the kind of expectations she sensed available in the alumnae, so she moved on to more exacting forums around the Eastern Seaboard, the Middle West and even California.

HOUSEWARMING Bradley was her own age, like the men the young alumnae had.

For all I know, she could be a contemporary Mata Han with a secret agenda that forebodes ill for the future Kappa Theta Eta alumnae pool.

John Vanderson was not and never would be a Kappa, and his wife was hardly the kind to need cutesy notes to remind her of anything whatsoever I doubted alumnae paid dues, although they were likely to be dunned by National on a regular basis right up until the opening strains of the funerary procession.

The active Kappa Theta Etas, the alumnae, the missing one, and even the deceased one qualified for some role in the muddlesome puzzle.