ȧgrāzhā, -rezhā noun
( plural agrégés “)
Etymology: French, from past participle of agréger to admit (influenced in meaning by agrégation ), from Latin aggregare to add to — more at aggregate
: 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