Baccalauréat

noun

(esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university

Word Origin

C20: from French, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus bachelor

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Historical Examples

Casimir became a baccalaureat of philosophy, Heinrich a doctor of medicine.
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Gian Battista eventually gained the baccalaureat in his twenty-second year, and two years after became a member of the College.
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Baccalauréat

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for baccalauréat

Historical Examples

Casimir became a baccalaureat of philosophy, Heinrich a doctor of medicine.

Gian Battista eventually gained the baccalaureat in his twenty-second year, and two years after became a member of the College.