public school

Universal Words noun [C,U] 1 (in Britain, especially in England) a private school for young people between the ages of 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education. The students often live at the school while they are studying: He was educated at (a) public school. comparePREPARATORYSCHOOL, PRIVATESCHOOL 2 (in the US, Australia, Scotland and other countries) a free local school paid for by the government compareSTATESCHOOL