"degreed" meaning in English

See degreed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: degree + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|degree|ed}} degree + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} degreed (not comparable)
  1. Having an academic degree. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-degreed-en-adj-tptvgVEf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed

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          "ref": "1996 October 25, Adam Langer, “Political Gurus”, in Chicago Reader",
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          "ref": "1999 December 24, Edward McSweegan, “Address to the AAAS”, in Science, volume 286, number 5449, →DOI, pages 2462–2464",
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          "ref": "1992 April 24, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “The Picque of Women Voters”, in Chicago Reader",
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