Normal school

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America. dated

    "He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year."

  2. 2
    a two-year school for training elementary teachers wordnet

Etymology

Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there.

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