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PRONUNCIATION OF DAME SCHOOL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAME SCHOOL

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Dame school is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DAME SCHOOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dame school

Dame school

A Dame school was an early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher.

Definition of dame school in the English dictionary

The definition of dame school in the dictionary is a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAME SCHOOL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DAME SCHOOL

after-school
business school
driving school
elementary school
graduate school
high school
home-school
infant school
junior high school
law school
medical school
middle school
old school
preschool
primary school
private school
public school
school
secondary school
senior high school
Sunday school

Synonyms and antonyms of dame school in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dame school» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAME SCHOOL

Find out the translation of dame school to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dame school from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dame school» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣母院学校
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escuela de la dama
570 millions of speakers

English

dame school
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डेम स्कूल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مدرسة نوتردام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дама школы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escola da dama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাম স্কুলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

école de dame
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekolah dame
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Frauschule
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貴婦人学校
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

담 학교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dame school
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trường tiểu học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டேம் பள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेम स्कूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aptal okul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scuola dame
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dame szkoły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дама школи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

școală dame
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχολείο dame
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Dame skool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dame skolar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dame skole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dame school

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAME SCHOOL»

The term «dame school» is regularly used and occupies the 76.044 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAME SCHOOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dame school

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAME SCHOOL»

Discover the use of dame school in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dame school and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fight at Dame Europa's School: Showing how the German ...
THE. FIGHT. AT. DAME. EUEOPA'S. SCHOOL,. MRS. EUROPA kept a dame's school, where boys were well instructed in modern languages, fortification, and the use of the globes. Her connection and credit were good ; for there was no other ...
Henry William Pullen, 1871
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John's Governor Visits Dame Europa's School: The Results of ...
... he had been used to go all about Europa's country when there were no railways at all, and only a steady sort of posting instead. He knew the old Dame's school headquarters were just now. somewhere about the Donne Europa's School. I I.
‎1871
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The Fight at Dame Europa's School: Shewing how the German ...
EUROPA kept a Dame's School, where Boys were well instructed in modern languages, fortification, and the use of the globes. Her connexion and credit were good, for there was no other school where so sound and liberal an education could ...
4
Defining The Curriculum: Histories and Ethnographies
their parish there was one dame school which was supposed to teach reading, writing, summing and knitting to both boys and girls. The dame who ran the school was a Mrs Sopps, who was 'a washerwoman by profession and also a monthly ...
Ivor F. Goodson, Stephen J Ball, 2012
5
Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America
The lower boundaries of the age at which a child might attend a dame school emerge from an inquest: in Plymouth colony in 1664, Elizabeth Walker accidentally drowned when "being sent to scoole" at the age of two and a half.42 The upper ...
E. Jennifer Monaghan, 2007
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Patterson's College and School Directory of the United ...
Notre Dame School for the Deaf. Cincinnati. 0. Notre Dame Seminary, independence. Ia. Norwaik Business College. Norwalk, 0. Norwegian Theological Seminary. Evauston. Ill. Norwich Art School. Norwich. Conn. Norwich Business College.
7
CIS International Schools Directory 2009/10
Work is directed at improving environmental awareness in students and contributing to their scientific knowledge of the Earth. Notre Dame School promotes international understanding and nurtures interest in global matters that will encourage ...
Derek Bingham, Council of International Schools, 2009
8
Cincinnati Magazine
... Alphonse, principal from 1860 to 1886, introduced Latin into the curriculum, thus incurring the "too progressive" label of which the school is now justly proud. MND has the added distinction of being the oldest American Notre Dame school  ...
9
Sessional Papers Printed by Order of the House of Lords, Or ...
... daily, and Sunday-school 3 Sunday-schools Church Suinl.-sch. Wesleyan ditto 1 free-school . . , 1 dame-school Sunday-schools Small dame-schools A Suii.iuy- school Dame-school . . , Dame-school • , Independent infant 2 schools, day . , ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, 1841
10
Exploring the History & Philosophy of Christian Education: ...
Another form of education was available for children in the New England colonies: the dame school was established for girls almost as soon as the first settlers arrived. Because girls generally were not admitted into the town schools, dame ...
Michael J. Anthony, Warren S. Benson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAME SCHOOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dame school is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plymouth student excels at Oxford University and 'owes a lot' to city …
Christopher Sowden, who is a former pupil of St Boniface Catholic College and Notre Dame School, has just one year left until he completes a ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
TEA FOR TWO HUNDRED
"It was set up as a 'Dame school' [set up by women, usually in their own homes] and initially there were only 12 students - now we have 347.". «South London Press Today, Jul 15»
3
VIDEO: American youngsters visit Mayflower Steps during choir visit
Having arrived in Plymouth on Monday the Massachusetts group visited Notre Dame School yesterday morning, where they rehearsed with ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
4
Elizabeth (Betty) Crosby
She attended Popple Lake School and Notre Dame School for some time and she graduated from Chippewa Falls High School. Betty spent her ... «Chippewa Herald, Jul 15»
5
PV's Chamber Choir visits Ireland
... venues in Dublin, including friendship concerts at local schools, including the Notre Dame School, drawing on their extensive repertoire. «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
6
ATHLETICS: Kingston's Pippa rises Earley to climb rankings
The 14-year-old Notre Dame School student won three – 75m hurdles, long jump and 800m – of five events at the South East England Schools ... «Wimbledon Guardian, Jul 15»
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Changes amid stability will welcome students at new Notre Dame
Changes amid stability will welcome students at new Notre Dame School. Volunteers work on painting classrooms inside St. Augustine School ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jun 15»
8
The week in photos
The 2015-2016 school year at École Notre Dame School will see a number of teachers and staff no longer at the shool. Sheri Crowston is going ... «MorinvilleNews.com, Jun 15»
9
New principals named for nine Unified schools
... coming to the school from her job as principal of Notre Dame School of Milwaukee. She will take over for retiring principal Walter Robles. «Journal Times, Jun 15»
10
Hall of Fame outing to aid stricken track star
He still holds the Notre Dame school record for the indoor 1,500 meters (3:47.64) and ran the equivalent of a 4:02 mile outdoors. The Hall of ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jun 15»

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