boarding school
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of boarding school
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Platner for a short time attended The Hotchkiss School, a boarding school in Connecticut, but says he was soon kicked out for failing to attend class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Hundreds of people descended on a girls' boarding school in the Indonesian village of Tlogosari, Central Java on 2 May, shouting chants and waving banners.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1938, Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III went to a military boarding school in Tennessee, and then attended Brown University, but was expelled before graduating.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
She attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to Barnard College in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“Hello, mates. Feeling all right, yeah?” he called in an accent straight out of a posh London boarding school by way of the Eastside.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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