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Bookmark or Share- Alumni vs. Alumnus: Refer to Graduates the Right WayTraditionally, the word alumnus refers to a male student who has graduated from a school. Examples of alumnus in a sentence include: Jerry is an alumnus of Duke University. My grandfather was an alumnus of the same school I attend. Is Mr. Byron an alumnus of Peterson High School? My manager's son is an alumnus of my rival college.
- Alumni vs. Alumnus: Usage Guide | Merriam-WebsterFor an individual graduate, an alumnus is a single male, an alumna is a single female, and an alum is the gender neutral term. For the plurals, alumni refers to multiple male or gender neutral graduates, alumnae is for multiple female grads, and alums is the gender neutral plural.
- Alumna, Alumnae, Alumni, Alumnus – What’s the Difference? - GRAMMARISTAlumni is a plural noun referring either to a group of male graduates or to a group of both male and female graduates. The singular “alumnus” refers to one male graduate, “alumna” refers to one female graduate, and the plural “alumnae” refers to a group of female graduates.
- Alumni, Alumnus, Alumnae: Definition, Meaning & Usage - Grammarlyalums – plural and gender-neutral; Alumni is the plural noun for a group of male graduates or male and female graduates. An alumnus is one male graduate. An alumna is one female graduate. And for a group of female graduates, you can use the plural alumnae. Finally, alum is for one non-gender specific graduate and alums is a gender-neutral ...
- ALUMNI | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryAlumni can be used to refer to men only, and in that case alumnae is used to refer to women only, but more often alumni is used to refer to either or both sexes where both attend the same school. The singular forms are alumnus for a man, and alumna for a woman.
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