training college

American  

noun

British.

1. a school providing training for a special field or profession.

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Etymology

Origin of training college

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Since it was taken out of service last year, MV Hebridean Isles has been painstakingly stripped of anything useful including items destined for a museum, a public garden and a nautical training college.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

According to the website of the Etilaat Roz, a longtime Kabul newspaper now based abroad, the seminary had recently been opened by local Taliban officials in the building of a former training college for teachers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Years later, after graduating from a teachers' training college, he made an attempt on Mount Kenya and reached the summit.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2022

It said the children were in a special rehabilitation section inside the detention center, which was built as a training college.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2022

He and Pa have decided he’ll go to a training college for evangelists.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman