grammar school

noun

1
a
: a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
b
: a British college preparatory school
2
: a school intermediate between primary school and high school
3

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The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025 As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools. Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grammar school

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of grammar school was in the 14th century

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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grammar%20school. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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grammar school

noun
: an elementary school

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