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military academy

noun

  1. a private school organized somewhat along the lines of and following some of the procedures of military life.
  2. a school that trains people for military careers as army officers, usually as part of a college education.


military academy

noun

  1. a training establishment for young officer cadets entering the army


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Word History and Origins

Origin of military academy1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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Example Sentences

Afghan special force commando unit officers and soldiers attend a graduation ceremony at the military academy in Kabul.

From Ozy

Wilson said he was the quiet one in the family — so quiet his father feared he was “too soft” for public school and wanted to send him to a military academy.

If the image of a digital kitchen housed at the gates of a military academy sounds depressing to you then, well… yeah.

From Eater

Yesterday, separatists in Donetsk took three truckloads of equipment from the Donetsk military academy.

William started his full-time military duties as an Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006.

His parents enrolled him at Valley Forge Military Academy, where he began writing.

At the heart of the web lay the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and especially “Sosh,” its social sciences department.

Like Petraeus, Broadwell is a graduate of the United States Military Academy.

Then several boys appeared, dressed in cadet uniforms, for Putnam Hall was a military academy.

General Sill was a classmate of mine at the Military Academy, having graduated in 1853.

Crook was a classmate of mine—at least, we entered the Military Academy the same year, though he graduated a year ahead of me.

To-morrow to spite them all I shall rise with the sun, stick to my books, and force an entrance into the Military Academy.

The guest of the nation had visited the Military Academy soon after his arrival in America.

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