agrégé
noun
agré·gé
ä-grā-ˈzhā,
-gre-ˈzhā
plural agrégés
ä-grā-ˈzhā,
-gre-ˈzhā
: an academic rank conferred by a French university on one who has passed a rigidly competitive examination and who is therefore entitled to appointment to the highest teaching post in a lycée or in one of the faculties of a university
Word History
Etymology
French, from past participle of agréger to admit (influenced in meaning by agrégation), from Latin aggregare to add to
First Known Use
1823, in the meaning defined above