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school ship

American  

noun

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


school ship British  

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

Etymology

Origin of school ship

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

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The Gunila, a Swedish school ship carrying students around the world, spends several weeks here, and A.R.

From Washington Times Feb. 14, 2015

"This is a school ship, I'm told," said Captain Greely, the master of the shipwrecked vessel, who had also been invited to the main cabin.

From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver

There is not a single training or school ship in this port, although Boston boasts two in successful operation.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

She is the school ship, the home ship of the First Battalion.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

On the way they passed the school ship Massachusetts, to which boys are sentenced by the courts for crime and vagrancy, and on board of which they are disciplined and educated.

From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver

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