Dictionary entry

Postgraduate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Post‐grad″u‐ate (?), a. [Pref. post- + graduate.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate. — n. A student who pursues such studies.

☞ Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be the proper word to use in this sense.