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normal school

noun

Definition of NORMAL SCHOOL

:  a usually 2-year school for training chiefly elementary teachers
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Origin of NORMAL SCHOOL

translation of French école normale; from the fact that the first French school so named was intended to serve as a model
First Known Use: 1838

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