pass degree

American  

noun

1. (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.

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Etymology

Origin of pass degree

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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pass degree

The curate was a Selwyn man and had taken a pass degree in theology, but Margaret had come to Gaylord's lecturers in Trinity for a term before her breakdown, and understood these differences.

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

When he only got a pass degree his friends were astonished; but he shrugged his shoulders and delicately insinuated that he was not the dupe of examiners.

From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

He is at present preparing to take a pass degree: and after that he thinks of going abroad to devote himself seriously to a course of Tymborychology. 

From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)

Hallin left Cambridge after a pass degree to become lecturer on industrial and economical questions in the northern English towns.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

That is, it would seem, a pass degree tends to make a man a Tory.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various