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grammar school

noun

an elementary school.
British. a secondary school corresponding to a U.S. high school.
(formerly) a secondary school in which Latin and Greek are among the principal subjects taught.

grammar school

See comprehensive school, secondary modern school
(esp formerly) a state-maintained secondary school providing an education with an academic bias for children who are selected by the eleven-plus examination, teachers' reports, or other means Compare secondary modern school comprehensive school
See elementary school
another term for elementary school
a private school, esp one controlled by a church
a secondary school forming part of the public education system

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

I had come to the school as a seventh-grader, having graduated from a grammar school across town.

ND: I think I was always achievement-oriented—I worked hard for good grades in grammar school and high school.

Maybe that was true in grammar school, but not in their adult lives.

By the end of that November, I had written off my grammar-school days entirely.

Campbell was educated at the grammar school and university of his native town.

Benjamin, however, was intended for the church, and at eight years of age was put to a grammar school.

The Shrewsbury playwright was Thomas Ashton the first master of the grammar school.

As a boy at the Grammar School of his native town, it is to be feared he loved to play truant.

Your brother Robert entered grammar school on September 8, 1938.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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