alumna
(əˈlʌmnə)
Pl. alumnæ.
[L., fem. of alumnus.]
A female graduate or former student of a school, college, or university. Chiefly U.S.
| 1882 M. Harland Eve's Daughters 177 The Alumnæ and Alumni of Oberlin. 1896 Century Mag. LI. 798/1 The average salary of the alumna teacher would be below rather than above $1000 a year. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer vi. 69 Successive generations of the College's Alumni and Alumnæ. |