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Grammar school
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 2 a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades wordnet
- 3 A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination. UK, countable, uncountable
"The largest building at one end, now used as a church hall, was originally the village's one-roomed grammar school, also endowed by the Lumleys."
- 4 a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college wordnet
- 5 Elementary school. US, countable, rare, regional, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English gramere scole.
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