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
    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, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40,
2, 14.