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alumna

noun
🔊/əˈlʌmnə/
🔊/əˈlʌmnə/
(plural alumnae
🔊/əˈlʌmniː/
🔊/əˈlʌmniː/
)
(especially North American English, formal)
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  1. a former woman student of a school, college or university女校友；女毕业生Topics Educationc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin, feminine of alumnus from Latin, ‘nursling, pupil’, from alere ‘nourish’.