training school

noun

1
: a school preparing students for a particular occupation
2
: a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

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Much of the interior remains unchanged from its time as a watch training school. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Metzger ended up in Leeds in an ORT training school learning woodworking and eventually found work in a furniture factory outside Leeds in the country on the Harwood Estate, before moving to a radical Marxist commune in Bristol where Metzger found the politics too extreme. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 The building has a rich history, once serving as a gladiator training school. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 The doughnut shop operates under The Other Side Academy, a training school aimed at helping people struggling with incarceration and addiction. Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for training school 

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of training school was in 1712

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“Training school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20school. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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