Meanings
plural graduands
- CanadaCommonwealthUKA student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree.
2005, Mike Amos, Proud Return of the Pigeon Boy, Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Jul 14, 2005. In order to add jollity to the proceedings, said the dean, each graduand would find beneath his seat a little tub of bubbles, complete with mortar board cap.
Origin
- Medieval Latingraduandus
- Englishgraduand
Attested since 1882. From Medieval Latin graduandus, gerundive of graduō (“to graduate”).
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