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public schoolenUK
public schooln.1. An elementary or secondary school in the United States supported by public funds and providing free education for children of a community or district.2. A private boarding school in Great Britain for pupils between the ages of 13 and 18.public school n 1. (Education) (in England and Wales) a private independent fee-paying secondary school 2. (Education) (in the US) any school that is part of a free local educational system 3. (Education) in certain Canadian provinces, a public elementary school as distinguished from a separate school pub′lic school`
n. 1. (in the U.S.) a school, usu. for primary or secondary grades, that is maintained at public expense. 2. (in England) any of a number of endowed secondary boarding schools that prepare students chiefly for the universities or for public service. [1570–80] public schoolIn England and Wales, a public school is a private school that provides secondary education which parents have to pay special fees for. He then won a scholarship to a local public school.In Scotland and the United States, a public school is a school that is supported financially by the government. In England and Wales, this kind of school is called a state school. ...a government-operated public school.Our state schools are doing nothing to address that problem.Oxford still enrols the lowest percentage of state-school pupils of all UK universities.public schoolIn the United States, any local primary or secondary school that is open to all; in the United Kingdom, a private, fee-paying, secondary school.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  public school - a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school boardschool - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"charter school - an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools | | 2. | public school - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuitionGymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12Eton College - a public school for boys founded in 1440; located in BerkshireWinchester College - the oldest English public school; located in WinchesterBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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public schoolenUK
public school, in the United States, a tax-supported elementary or high school open to anyone. In England the term was originally applied to grammar schools endowed for the use of the lay public; however, it has come to be used for the famous endowed preparatory schools that now charge tuition. The English public schools include Charterhouse, Cheltenham, Clifton, Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Westminster, and Winchester. See schoolschool,
term commonly referring to institutions of pre-college formal education. It also properly includes colleges, universities, and many types of special training establishments (see adult education; colleges and universities; community college; vocational education).
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See also V. Ogilvie, The English Public School (1957). Public School a private and privileged secondary school in Great Britain preserving aristocratic traditions. Most public schools are boarding schools. The most famous are the nine “great” aristocratic public schools: Winchester (founded 1387), Eton (1441), Shrewsbury (1551), Westminster (1566), Rugby (1567), Harrow (1571), St. Paul’s (16th century), Merchant Taylors School (16th century), and Charterhouse (1609). public school1. (in England and Wales) a private independent fee-paying secondary school 2. (in the US) any school that is part of a free local educational system public schoolenUK
public school Medspeak-UK
Private school, non-state school; a term used in the UK for a private, often very selective school which generally caters to the upper class. The term was first used by Eton College in the UK, and referred to the fact that it was open to the paying public, as opposed to a religious school, which was open only to members of a certain church. It also distinguished it from a private education at home (usually only the choice of the very wealthy who could afford private tutors). While public schools were traditionally single-sex boarding schools, many now accept day pupils and accept girls for sixth-form studies. Most date back to the 18th or 19th centuries.
Medspeak-US
A school open to the public and paid for by public funds.AcronymsSeepop shotpublic schoolenUK
Words related to public schoolnoun a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school boardRelated Wordsnoun private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuitionRelated Words- Gymnasium
- lycee
- lyceum
- middle school
- secondary school
- Eton College
- Winchester College
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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