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training college

American  

noun

British.
  1. a school providing training for a special field or profession.


Etymology

Origin of training college

First recorded in 1820–30

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I spent two years living on Greenland while my father taught geography at Nuuk's teacher training college.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

My parents kept trying to get me to go to teacher’s training college.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2023

According to the website of the Etilaat Roz, a longtime Kabul newspaper now based abroad, the seminary had recently been opened by local Taliban officials in the building of a former training college for teachers.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2022

The 43 studied at an all-male teacher training college in the town of Ayotzinapa, in western Guerrero state.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2022

Clarkebury functioned more like a military school than a teacher training college.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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