Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

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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