military academy
Americannoun
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a private school organized somewhat along the lines of and following some of the procedures of military life.
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a school that trains people for military careers as army officers, usually as part of a college education.
noun
Etymology
Origin of military academy
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Culver City’s founder, Harry Culver, set up a military academy on five acres there in the 1920s; 40 years later it was housing tracts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
In 2011 the U.S. discovered that Osama bin Laden was hiding less than a mile from Pakistan’s leading military academy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
He would then enroll in a military academy to become an officer, and they would start a family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
After graduating from the military academy, he served in the country's air force for a year before South and North Yemen united in 1990.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
She suspected that he’d had a crush on her ever since they rescued him and his big sister Bianca from that military academy in Maine; but Annabeth had never felt any attraction to Nico.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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