academy (noun)
91charm school — noun : a school in which social graces are taught * * * a school for teaching the social graces, grooming and dress, etc. [1945 50] * * * charm school noun A fee paying academy where young women are taught social graces • • • Main Entry: ↑charm * …
92cadet — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Gascon capdet chief, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin capit , caput head more at head Date: 1610 1. a. a younger brother or son b. youngest son …
93cadet — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ army, military, naval ▪ aviation, flying (both AmE) ▪ air, sea ▪ police …
94police — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed, mounted ▪ plain clothes, uniformed ▪ undercover ▪ riot, traffic …
95Burns — noun 1. United States comedian and film actor (1896 1996) • Syn: ↑George Burns, ↑Nathan Birnbaum • Instance Hypernyms: ↑vaudevillian, ↑comedian, ↑comic 2. celebrated Scottish poet (1759 1796) …
96royal charter — noun a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain) • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …
97academe — noun Etymology: Latin Academus (in the phrase inter silvas Academi among the groves of Academus), from Greek Akadēmos more at academy Date: 1588 1. a. a place of instruction ; school b. the academic life, community, or world …
98academia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, academy Date: 1946 academe 1b …
99academician — noun Date: 1748 1. a. a member of an academy for promoting science, art, or literature b. a follower of an artistic or philosophical tradition or a promoter of its ideas 2. academic …
100midshipman — noun Date: 1662 a person in training for a naval commission; especially a student in a naval academy …
