hostel school

[ hos-tl skool ]

noun
  1. (formerly) one of a series of day schools in the Canadian north that were operated or funded by the federal government, themselves open to students of any ethnicity but having a nearby hostel, or residence, for the exclusive use of boarding Indigenous students.: Compare residential school (def. 2).

  2. (in India) boarding school.

Origin of hostel school

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First recorded in 1850–55 for def. 1

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hostel school

noun
  1. (in N Canada) a government boarding school for Native American and Inuit students

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