boarding school
Americannoun
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boarding schools
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of boarding school
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Having spent part of his childhood at a Swiss boarding school, Kim enjoys finer things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Even his working-class credentials came under attack; the scion of a well-heeled family, Platner attended boarding school and got $200,000 from his dad to buy a house.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Aged six, she went to a boarding school run by nuns, where the performing arts and elocution lessons were encouraged.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
His parents shipped him off to boarding school in Ireland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The other people passing through the bus station, to the extent they noticed me at all, took me for a student at a nearby boarding school.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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