mechanics' institute

noun

Definitions

  1. A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education,…

    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.

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