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A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: charm school
Antonyms: none provided
a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
精修學校 /精修学校
(jīngxiūxuéxiào)
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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Finnish:
neitikouIu
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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German:
Mädchenpensionat
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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Polish:
prywatna wychowawcza szkoła dla dziewczyn
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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Polish:
pensja
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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Russian:
институ́т благоро́дных деви́ц
(institút blagoródnyx devíc)
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
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Spanish:
escuela de modales / señoritas
— a private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society
