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matriculand

matriculand is the alternative spelling of matriculant.

Meaning of matriculant

Noun

matriculant (plural matriculants)

  1. A person who has matriculated or been registered on a list or roll, usually at a school.
    • There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of matriculand

pluralmatriculands

Origin of matriculand

From matricul(a) + -and. Doublet of matriculant.

Questions about matriculand

What is matriculand the alternative spelling of?
Matriculand is the alternative spelling of matriculant.

Words near matriculand in the dictionary

  1. matrics
  2. matricula
  3. matriculability
  4. matriculable
  5. matriculae
  6. matriculand
  7. matriculands
  8. matriculant
  9. matriculants
  10. matriculas
  11. matriculash

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