grammar school

  1. Now Rare an elementary school: the term was variously applied to different school levels, esp. to that between the fifth and eighth grades
  2. in England
    1. Historical a school where Latin was taught
    2. a government-supported secondary school preparing pupils for college

See grammar school in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. See elementary school.
  2. Chiefly British A secondary or preparatory school.
  3. A school stressing the study of classical languages.

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