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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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 He was then captured and sold into slavery, ultimately ending up at a gladiatorial training school owned by his new master in Capua, southeast of Rome. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 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 14 Nov. 2024.

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