public schools

A form of public school — Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of public school
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APA

public schools. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20schools

MLA

“public schools.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20schools. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public schools,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20schools.

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