Definition of "magna cum laude" []

• With high honors. Used to express high academic distinction: graduated magna cum laude; 25 magna cum laude graduates. (adverb)

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• "Ken Uston was a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of Yale."
• "Amy is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Portuguese, minored in French, and traveled extensively."
• "A magna cum laude graduate of Brandeis University, Mr. Feingold received his law degree at the Hastings College of Law, University of California, and his M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics."