Definition of "grammar school" [grammar school]

• See elementary school. (noun)
• Chiefly British A secondary or preparatory school. (noun)
• A school stressing the study of classical languages. (noun)

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• "Our other memorable paying guest was Madeline Mills, a sixtyish grammar school teacher who valiantly tried to teach me to play the piano."
• "I was in grammar school when the observation tower of Iacocca Hall at Lehigh University was being constructed."
• "My grammar school was attended by the sons and daughters of Koreans who sought political asylum, Pakistani doctors who were visiting Beth Israel Hospital, and a host of artists, musicians, and writers in every color."