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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.


Etymology

Origin of teachers college

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Her Courtwatch PG team includes retired lawyers, teachers, college students, law school students, former college professors with PhDs, community organizers and the Grammy-winning musician Fiona Apple.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made getting to the bottom of the disappearances of 43 students from a teachers college in 2014 one of his campaign promises.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

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

In 1897, Anna moved briefly to Lawrenceville, Virginia, where she both taught and attended teachers college at St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 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

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