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
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In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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