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Definition of public school in English: public schoolnoun 1(in the UK) a private fee-paying secondary school, especially one for boarders. as modifier his precise English public-school accent Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps some of our celluloid images and commemorations should acknowledge those pilots who could barely speak English, far less muster a public-school accent.
- She might ride her own horse, play the cello and have a public-school education, but she is as lost and mixed-up as her new-found friend.
- A passionate left-wing polemicist, he nonetheless retained more than a few traces of his public-school breeding, including a plummy accent and a horde of posh friends.
- The arrival of this ruddy-faced giant, with his public-school accent and naive confidence, proved a turning point.
- With his slicked-back hair, evening dress and dark three-piece suits for daywear, he looks like a cross between a minor public-school housemaster and Count Dracula on Temazepam.
2(chiefly in North America) a school supported by public funds. Example sentencesExamples - Our public schools are locally funded, with decisions made at the state and local level.
- For example, it is possible to invest directly in people through funds for public schools.
- Charter schools receive formula-driven tax funds just like public schools.
- Children are now encouraged to join public schools and funds are sought for the school fees.
- This doesn't include the property taxes they pay which go directly to funding public schools.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin publica schola, denoting a school maintained at the public expense; in England public school (a term recorded from 1580) originally denoted a grammar school under public management, founded for the benefit of the public (contrasting with private school, run for the profit of the proprietor); since the 19th century the term has been applied to the old endowed English grammar schools, and newer schools modelled on them, which have developed into fee-paying boarding schools. Definition of public school in US English: public schoolnounˈpəblɪk skulˈpəblik sko͞ol 1(chiefly in North America) a school supported by public funds. Example sentencesExamples - Charter schools receive formula-driven tax funds just like public schools.
- This doesn't include the property taxes they pay which go directly to funding public schools.
- Our public schools are locally funded, with decisions made at the state and local level.
- Children are now encouraged to join public schools and funds are sought for the school fees.
- For example, it is possible to invest directly in people through funds for public schools.
2(in the UK) a private for-fee secondary school. Example sentencesExamples - The arrival of this ruddy-faced giant, with his public-school accent and naive confidence, proved a turning point.
- A passionate left-wing polemicist, he nonetheless retained more than a few traces of his public-school breeding, including a plummy accent and a horde of posh friends.
- With his slicked-back hair, evening dress and dark three-piece suits for daywear, he looks like a cross between a minor public-school housemaster and Count Dracula on Temazepam.
- Perhaps some of our celluloid images and commemorations should acknowledge those pilots who could barely speak English, far less muster a public-school accent.
- She might ride her own horse, play the cello and have a public-school education, but she is as lost and mixed-up as her new-found friend.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin publica schola, denoting a school maintained at the public expense; in England public school (a term recorded from 1580) originally denoted a grammar school under public management, founded for the benefit of the public (contrasting with private school, run for the profit of the proprietor); since the 19th century the term has been applied to the old endowed English grammar schools, and newer schools modeled on them, which have developed into fee-paying boarding schools. |