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Origin of military school
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Words nearby military school
military law, military march, military orchid, military pace, military police, military school, military science, militate, milites gloriosi, militia, militiaman
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How to use military school in a sentence
One day around his 15th birthday, Coe came home and found that a friend of Jody’s had mailed her a pamphlet for military school.
Tyler Mahan Coe created the ‘War and Peace’ of country music podcasts. Surrender to it.|Geoff Edgers|April 15, 2021|Washington Post