English Explanatory Dictionary

mechanics' institute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

Word forms

mechanics' institute mechanics' institutes

Synonyms

institute mechanics' institution school of arts
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