See Also: toady(medicine)
toady(1)(dictionary)
toady(2)(dictionary)
toady 1, noun(dictionary)
toady 2, verb(dictionary)

alumnus (iou) and toady (medicine)


alumnus (iou)



alumnus noun. . M17.
[Latin = nursling, pupil, from alere nourish.]
Formerly, a pupil. Now spec., a (male) graduate or former student of a school, college, university, or Other educational institution.

toady (medicine)


toady


Origin: Shortened from toadeater.

1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. "Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs." (Dickens)

2. A coarse, rustic woman.

Source: Websters Dictionary