lower school

[ loh-er ]

/ ˈloʊ ər /

noun

a school that is preparatory to one on a more advanced level.

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Origin of lower school

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby lower school

lower palatinate, lower paleolithic, lower regions, lower rhine, lower saxony, lower school, lower slobbovia, lower the boom on, lower uterine segment, lower world, lower-case letters

Example sentences from the Web for lower school

A noise was heard on the stairs, and in flocked the lower-school.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for lower school

lower school

noun

the younger pupils in a secondary school, usually those in the first three or four year groups

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