teachers college

American  

noun

1. a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.

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Etymology

Origin of teachers college

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Gualberto Ramírez was head of the anti-kidnapping unit for the attorney general’s office when the students from the Ayotzinapa teachers college in southern Mexico went missing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2023

In March 2015, the Organization of American States sent experts to help the Mexican government investigate the disappearance of 43 students from a teachers college in the town of Ayotzinapa.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

His mother had a degree from a teachers college but couldn’t find work in education.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2020

Of the 16,201 people arrested between 2012 and 2017 for making illegal recordings, 98% were men, including school teachers, college professors, church pastors and police officers.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2018

The choice here is often up to you, which is why we read things like citizens’ group and citizens group, teachers’ college and teachers college, veterans’ affairs and veterans affairs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner