Definitions for grammar-school

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grammar-school grammar school

Grammar-School is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 823 anagrams from letters in grammar-school (-aacghlmmoorrs).

Definitions for grammar-school

noun

1. an elementary school.
2. British. a secondary school corresponding to a U.S. high school.
3. (formerly) a secondary school in which Latin and Greek are among the principal subjects taught.

Origin of grammar-school

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

Examples for grammar-school

At this point the grammar school boys came out on the highway.

The poet Wordsworth was educated at the grammar school at Hawkshead.

In its grammar school Nelson was a scholar, and his statue stands on the green.

Now, fellows, no grammar school in Gridley has ever had an eleven.

This gentleman had been his schoolfellow at the grammar school in Aberdeen.

But then, you see, grammar school football is a brand-new thing.

I had come to the school as a seventh-grader, having graduated from a grammar school across town.

Maybe that was true in grammar school, but not in their adult lives.

I do not care to dwell on my experience at the grammar school.

ND:  I think I was always achievement-oriented—I worked hard for good grades in grammar school and high school.