Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A school that trains teachers, chiefly for the elementary grades.
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- noun a two-year school for training elementary teachers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of French école normale (so called because the first school so named was intended as a model) : école, school + normal, normal.]
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