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matriculant

matriculant noun: a person who has matriculated or been registered on a list or roll, usually at a school.

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 matriculant

pluralmatriculants
alternative formmatriculand

Origin of matriculant

From matricul(a) + -ant. Doublet of matriculand.

Questions about matriculant

What does matriculant mean?
Matriculant means a person who has matriculated or been registered on a list or roll, usually at a school.
What part of speech is matriculant?
Matriculant is a noun.
What is the plural of matriculant?
The plural of matriculant is matriculants.

Words near matriculant in the dictionary

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

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