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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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.normal schoolnormal 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
Translations
normal school
n (US, old) → pädagogische Hochschule


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