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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

Example Sentences

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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

Ms. Westwood briefly attended Harrow Art School and then went to a teacher’s training college, landing a job as a schoolteacher.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 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

He and Pa have decided he’ll go to a training college for evangelists.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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