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Charterhouse
[Charterhouse 词源字典]
great English public school founded in London in 1611, a folk etymology alteration of
chartreux
(see
chartreuse
); it was founded upon the site of a Carthusian monastery.
[Charterhouse etymology, Charterhouse origin, 英语词源]