mechanics' institute

noun

A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

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Meanings

nounmechanics' institute (plural mechanics' institutes)

plural mechanics' institutes

  1. historicalA kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

    Synonyms: institute, mechanics' institution, school of arts

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

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institutemechanics' institutionschool of arts
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