Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Eton College

American  

noun

  1. a preparatory school for boys in Eton, England, founded in 1440 by Henry VI.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Eton College brought in basic phones for new pupils joining the school last September.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2025

Some schools are taking action, perhaps most eye-catchingly the UK's best known fee-paying school, Eton College.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2024

Until then he had followed a route familiar to the British elite, educated at Eton College and at Christchurch College, Oxford.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2024

The first prime minister of Britain, Robert Walpole, went to Eton College.

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2024

His father, Aaron, had taken up the trade as well, building racing shells for Eton College, where gentlemen’s sons had been rowing competitively since the 1790s.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training