agrégé

[ah-gre-zhey, a-grey-zhey]

noun

plural

agrégés 

1. a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrégé¹

< French: literally, aggregated, i.e., admitted to membership