old school

noun

1. advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism.

   a military man of the old school.

old school

noun

1. a school formerly attended by a person

2. a group of people favouring traditional ideas or conservative practices

Other Word Forms

• old-school adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of old school¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Euphoria creator Sam Levinson describes Elordi as “old school, in the sense that there’s nothing that can distract him from a scene.”

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But would he have a chance to return to his old school?

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A week before Christmas in 1956 she was invited to visit an old school chum’s family farm in Kenya.

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Former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given added: "It's refreshing. Sometimes a bit of old school 'throw it into the mixer' can cause a bit of carnage."

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Stern like old school Mexicans always look in portraits but with joyful eyes that reveal his happy-go-lucky attitude to life.

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