Definition of matriculand in English:
matriculand
noun məˈtrɪkjʊlandməˈtrɪkjəˌlænd
British A person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university.
on Saturday, we welcomed back our matriculands of 1965 and 1975
Example sentencesExamples
- In the sixteenth century Salamanca had about 5,000–7,000 matriculands a year.
- Out of 1,032 matriculands admitted in the session 1911-12, there were only three Frenchmen, all non-collegiate.
- Paris, conversely, had a northern bias: in 1773, 63 per cent of its matriculands came from north of the Loire.
- Melville had just reached the age of the university matriculand when he shipped aboard the Highlander on its voyage out from New York in 1837.
Origin
1950s: from matriculate + -and.
Definition of matriculand in US English:
matriculand
nounməˈtrikyəˌlandməˈtrɪkjəˌlænd
British A person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university.
on Saturday, we welcomed back our matriculands of 1965 and 1975
Example sentencesExamples
- Melville had just reached the age of the university matriculand when he shipped aboard the Highlander on its voyage out from New York in 1837.
- Out of 1,032 matriculands admitted in the session 1911-12, there were only three Frenchmen, all non-collegiate.
- Paris, conversely, had a northern bias: in 1773, 63 per cent of its matriculands came from north of the Loire.
- In the sixteenth century Salamanca had about 5,000–7,000 matriculands a year.
Origin
1950s: from matriculate + -and.