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under graduate

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un⋅der⋅grad⋅u⋅ate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -eyt]
–noun
1. a student in a university or college who has not received a first, esp. a bachelor's, degree.
–adjective
2. having the standing of an undergraduate.
3. of, for, pertaining to, or characteristic of undergraduates.

Origin:
1620–30; under- + graduate


un⋅der⋅grad⋅u⋅ate⋅ship, noun
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undergraduate 
1630, a hybrid formed from under + graduate (n.). British used fem. form undergraduette in 1920s-30s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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