hogere burgerschool
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hoogere burgerschool (obsolete)
- hogereburgerschool
- hbs (acronym)
Etymology[edit]
Can be read as literally, “higher civic school” or literally, “school for the upper bourgeoisie”.
Noun[edit]
hogere burgerschool m or f (plural hogere burgerscholen)
- (Netherlands, Indonesia, Antilles, Suriname, education, historical) a former type of secondary education in the Netherlands and its overseas territories which emphasised teaching science, economics, and modern languages, graduates of which were admitted to polytechnic, agricultural, and economic universities [1863–c. 1968]