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View synonyms for independent school

independent school

noun

  1. (in Britain) a school that is neither financed nor controlled by the government or local authorities
  2. (in Australia) a school that is not part of the state system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Megan Shotwell, a teacher at an independent school, spoke to the tension of her own job.

The possession of an independent school library also tends to keep the reference work in the school.

Matteo was the best Sienese painter of the fifteenth century, and with him the independent school of Siena comes to an end.

My summer's work lasted only a month, and being an independent school the returns were quite small, $6.00 only.

Among Christian scholars there was no independent school of Hebraists before the revival of learning.

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