I. |əndə(r)+ noun
Etymology: under (II) + graduate
1. : a student at a college or university who has not taken a first degree : a candidate for a bachelor's degree or a first degree in a school or profession (as medicine) : a member of one of the four traditional collegiate classes
2. : one whose training is not perfect : novice
II. adjective
1. : of, relating to, or engaged in college or university studies prior to the first degree
undergraduate course
undergraduate student
undergraduate medical studies
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of undergraduates
retain the undergraduate fervor — H.M. McLuhan