grammar school


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grammar school
noun
  • 1 (in the UK, especially formerly) a state secondary school to which pupils are admitted on the basis of ability.

    historical a school founded for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects.

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