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private school

noun

  1. a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.


private school

noun

  1. a school under the financial and managerial control of a private body or charitable trust, accepting mostly fee-paying pupils
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of private school1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences

The children went to private school, weekends were spent at the country club.

Caribbean vacations, luxury yachts, exclusive swimming lessons, and the best private school in south Florida.

When you think about it, every private school has its odd customs, traditions, and taboos.

Belia, who has a post-graduate degree, makes a little less than that as a head mistress at a private school.

And in case you were wondering, both the attorney general and the president send their children to private school.

Helen Ervin's life in a private school for girls at San Francisco had been uneventful until her graduation.

There was no longer the same zest in the little scandals and petty spitefulness of a private school.

The boy was sent to a private school of a high character, and Sir Peregrine was sure that he had been so sent at his own advice.

It combined the advantages of a first-class high school with the advantages that the best type of private school affords.

Public school being different from private school, Emmy Lou at once began to learn things.

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