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
Pakistan's Information Minister Atta Tarar said its military thwarted Afghan drones targeting Swabi, Nowshera and Abbottabad, which is a military garrison city housing the army's military academy.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 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
An Army captain, he first befriended the late Hugo Chávez on a baseball team during their days in the military academy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
I’d thought Thorn was scary when I first saw him in his black uniform at the military academy.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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