boarding school
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of boarding school
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Imam Nahe'i, who teaches at a large Islamic boarding school, says that when he asked he found his fellow teachers "didn't understand what sexual violence was".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The Ndholo Kusumo boarding school reportedly had a permit since 2021, and was home to at least 252 students.
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
In Middletown: The fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, setting of “Dead Poets Society,” is actually St. Andrew’s School, a private boarding school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
This year she brought me along, so I could get to know the town before I start at the Mount, the Native boarding school for kids from villages too small to have a high school.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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