boarding school

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/

boarding school (plural boarding schools)

1. A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), typically at a pre-collegiate level.

   Synonym: residential school

   • 2007, Joy Porter, Place and Native American Indian History and Culture, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 86:

     […] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents. It was in these boarding schools where Native language, culture and ceremony would be beaten out of the Native children in order to 'Kill the Indian and Save the Child'.

   • 2012 August 16, Will Hill, The Rising: A Department 19 Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:

     […] he looked like the housemaster [Shaun] had so hated during his time at boarding school.

   • 2017 October 1, Nina Milne, Claiming His Secret Royal Heir, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     My brother loved his boarding school, and the few months I spent there were some of the happiest times of my life.

• boarding school syndrome

• flexi-boarding