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external degree

noun

Definition of EXTERNAL DEGREE

:  a degree conferred on a student who has not attended the university but has passed the qualifying examination
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First Known Use of EXTERNAL DEGREE

1928

Rhymes with EXTERNAL DEGREE

Africanized bee, angelica tree, Arabian Sea, bark up the wrong tree, Caribbean Sea, communicatee, contingency fee, Ionian Sea, japonaiserie, taedium vitae, Tupi-Guarani

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