(Britain, archaic) One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
(Britain, archaic) One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
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(UK) A degree obtained without honours.
In the British university system, a pass degree is an undergraduate qualification obtained without honors classification — below a third-class honors degree. It is awarded when a student completes the required coursework but does not reach the standard for an honors classification. The term carries some stigma in academic circles, as honors degrees are the norm, but a pass degree is still a legitimate qualification.
(India) A graduate.
(UK, historical, Cambridge University slang) One who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours.
(historical, UK, Oxford University) A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.