prep school

noun

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After graduating from Annunciation’s grade school in 2017, Westman attended at least two Minneapolis high schools, including an all-boys private military-style prep school. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 Warner’s character, Debbie Shaffer, is a wealthy prep school girl with all the right connections. Andy Swift, TVLine, 26 Aug. 2025 The judge explained that both NCAA and NAIA institutions confer four-year bachelor’s degrees whereas military services, prep schools and JUCO schools do not. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Delbarton, an elite all-boys Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey where several former students have come forward to allege abuse at the hands of the Benedictine order’s monks, could soon find itself under a harsh spotlight. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prep school

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First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prep school was in 1829

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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep%20school. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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