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Definition of Night school
1. Noun. A school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day.
Definition of Night school
1. Noun. A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominately in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night School
Literary usage of Night school
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"Fourteen Institutes belong to this union, and each Institute has a night-school
attached to it. Each night- school is conducted by a paid teacher, ..."
2. The History and Problems of Organized Labor by Frank Tracy Carlton (1911)
"Private agencies — the private night school, the YMCA night school, and the
correspondence school—have come into being to supply a demand for practical or ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1865)
"These are the proper objects of a night school, of which I must now speak. ...
The night school should differ in no respect from the Day School, ..."
4. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1902)
"These night lessons were so welcome that I think I learned more at night than
the other children did during the day. My own experiences in the night-school ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"School and Soc 4:21 Jl 1 Train 17:723-4 My '16 How to increase night school
attendance '16; Same. Am City 15:157 Ag '16 Holyoke evening vocational school. ..."
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