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junior college
noun
: a school that has two years of studies similar to those in the first two years of a four-year college
Full Definition of JUNIOR COLLEGE
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
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1899
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