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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of classical school in Germany in which the higher classes are wanting; a school preparatory to a gymnasium.

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  • And before that, when a pupil at the progymnasium, she had loved her

    Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

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