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normal school
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normal school
n.
A school that trains teachers, chiefly for the elementary grades.

[Translation of French école normale (so called because the first school so named was intended as a model) : école, school + normal, normal.]

normal school
n
(Social Science / Education) (in France, and formerly England, the US, and Canada) a school or institution for training teachers
[from French école normale: the first French school so named was intended as a model for similar institutions]
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Noun1.normal school - a two-year school for training elementary teachersnormal school - a two-year school for training elementary teachers
junior college - a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree
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normal school
n (US, old) → pädagogische Hochschule


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CAPTION(S): Bangor Normal College, a teacher training college which was founded in 1858.
Sam just wants to be a normal college kid, but thanks to a precious shard of metal he finds before he heads out, he's sought out by the Decepticons.
It had became Chicago Normal College in 1913 and later named Chicago Teachers College.
 
 
 
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