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school ship

noun

  1. a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.


school ship

noun

  1. a ship for training young men in seamanship, for a career in the regular or merchant navy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of school ship1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Moored along its bank is a “school ship,” attended by nearly 1,000 students in grades 5 to 12.

Navy submarine rammed into a Japanese fishing school ship off Hawaii 16 years ago.

After it was retired in 1933, it served as a cargo ship, as a school ship for training merchant marine German officers and as an English floating maritime school.

Naval officers on board the Libertad, a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentian navy, refused to comment on the case but expressed surprise at the court order detaining the ship.

But if he takes advantage of petticoat government, and develops a tendency to go wrong, I’ll put him on a school ship, and let the young scamp learn what discipline is.”

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