training college
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of training college
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Since it was taken out of service last year, MV Hebridean Isles has been painstakingly stripped of anything useful including items destined for a museum, a public garden and a nautical training college.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
BroSis, as it’s also known, has now provided generations of 8- to 22-year-olds with a wide variety of classes, job training, college prep, mental health support, arts instruction and daily meals.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
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
In a long and moving tribute, Laverne said her mother had been the middle of nine children, and had worked as a seamstress and a casino dancer to pay for teacher training college.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2022
It was both a secondary school and a teacher training college, but it also offered courses in more practical disciplines, such as carpentry, tailoring, and tinsmithing.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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