absolvent
n. C2 Proficiency ab·sol·vent
n. a person who has finished a course of study at a university or college. This is an old-fashioned word that you will mostly see in history books.
n. a graduate or person who has completed a course of study at a university or college. Archaic in modern usage; primarily found in historical or legal contexts.
The absolvent received his degree at the graduation ceremony.
The university records listed every absolvent who had graduated from the law school during the previous decade.
In the eighteenth century, an absolvent was expected to demonstrate a high level of classical scholarship before being granted the right to teach at a higher institution.
An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“I absolve”).