agrégé

American

[ah-gre-zhey, a-grey-zhey] / ˌɑ grɛˈʒeɪ, a greɪˈʒeɪ /

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of agrégé

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

Example Sentences

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We were told that Richard was the youngest agrégé in France, and of course we were proud of it.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

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