grammar school
noun
- a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
- a British college preparatory school
- a school intermediate between primary school and high school
- an elementary school
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English gramere scole English grammar school Inherited from Middle English gramere scole.
- A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.
- A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
“The largest building at one end, now used as a church hall, was originally the village's one-roomed grammar school, also endowed by the Lumleys.”
“It is a world where grammar school is the only way up, but at the cost of subjugation to educational tyranny and eventual estrangement from the family that was once so "proud" of your achievements.”
- Elementary school.