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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A day-school.

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Examples

  • The establishment was both a pensionnat and an externat: the externes or day-pupils exceeded one hundred in number; the boarders were about a score.

    Villette 2003

  • My externat became a pensionnat; that also prospered.

    Villette 2003

  • For, honour being an externat adjunct, and in the honourer rather than in the person honoured, it was necessary to make a

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • The establishment was both a pensionnat and an externat: the externes or day-pupils exceeded one hundred in number; the boarders were about a score.

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

  • My externat became a pensionnat; that also prospered.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • The establishment was both a pensionnat and an externat: the externes or day-pupils exceeded one hundred in number; the boarders were about

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • Camille este si ea prin preajma, iar copilul Isabellei este externat, dar trimis sa locuiasca cu o familie adoptiva.

    Blogul iubitorilor de seriale Tv - TvBlog 2009

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