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boarding school

[ bawr-ding skool ]

noun

  1. a school at which the students receive board and lodging during the school term ( day school ).


boarding school

noun

  1. a school providing living accommodation for some or all of its pupils
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding school1

First recorded in 1670–80
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So we fly to New York, get off that plane, take another puddle-jumper to Albany to take my son Aaron back to boarding school in Lake Placid, which is another two- or three-hour drive.

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The boarding school is located in his stronghold in the south-west and he sent three of his children there.

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It is, “above all, a quest. To understand myself, our family’s collective disease, Indian people’s unparalleled ability to survive, and the history of Indian boarding schools.”

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A Scottish boarding school has announced it will accept payments of school fees in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

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The government says a grant to help cover boarding school fees for children of military families has also been increased to take account of rising charges.

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