military school

noun

1. military academy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of military school¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

Example Sentences

The show follows a shy new transfer student at a corporate military school where recruits train and settle disputes in giant mech suit combat.

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After all, his father sent him to military school.

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Born in the Bronx to an Army doctor and a registered nurse, Bauman went to military school and moved to Hollywood just before he turned 18.

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Trump's father sent Donald to military school because he was spoiled and out of control.

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In the early ’50s, Vargas Llosa’s father dispatched him to the Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado, a military school in Lima, because he thought it would “cure” the boy of his interest in literature.

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Related Words

• boarding school 
• institute 
• prep school 
• secondary school 
• seminary