a college providing tuition in commercial skills, such as shorthand and book-keeping
commercial college in American English
noun
a school that trains people for careers in business
Word origin
[1795–1805]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, mannerism, oxidize, sharpshooter, steeplechase
Examples of 'commercial college' in a sentence
commercial college
I didn't mind the idea of going to the commercial college and taking up shorthand and typewriting.
Brent-Dyer, Elinor CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL