teacherage

American  

[tee-cher-ij] / ˈti tʃər ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a building serving as a combination school and living quarters, as on certain government reservations and in remote, sparsely settled areas.

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Etymology

Origin of teacherage

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; teacher + -age

Example Sentences

Jacobs and his business partner Cayton, keepers of the most extensive film archives in boxing, were longtime benefactors of D'Amato's teacherage and co-managed Tyson.

From Time Magazine Archive

The parson was given a parsonage; why not the teacher a "teacherage"?

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William

She also spoke on the subject wherever she went, and induced women's clubs all over the country to join the magazine in its advocacy of the "teacherage."

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William