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public school

  1. ☆ in the U.S., an elementary or secondary school that is part of a system of free schools maintained by public taxes and supervised by local authorities
  2. in much of Great Britain, any of a number of endowed, private boarding schools, generally not coeducational, which prepare students for the universities

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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