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Definition of Eton college
1. Noun. A public school for boys founded in 1440; located in Berkshire.
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Literary usage of Eton college
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"eton college. THE old institution of Eton, which has gone on without much talk,
though with a great deal of substantial prosperity and importance for ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1771)
"At the foundation of eton college by Henry VI. the number of fellows was ten.
This number was afterwards reduced ю feven ; but at what time, ..."