Post*grad"u*ate (?), a. [Pref. post- + graduate.]

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies.

Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be the proper word to use in this sense.

 

© Webster 1913.

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