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Brewer's: Alma Mater
A collegian so calls the university of which he is a member. The words are Latin for “fostering mother.”
“Expulsion from his Alma Mater.” —The Collegian and the Porter.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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