Definition of Night school

1. Noun. A school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day.

Generic synonyms: School
Antonyms: Day School

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

night letter
night light
night lizard
night lizards
night myopia
night night
night out
night owl
night owls
night pain
night people
night person
night porter
night raven
night rider
night school (current term)
night schools
night shift
night sight
night snake
night soil
night soil man
night soil men
night stick
night sweats
night terror
night terrors
night vision
night watch
night watches

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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