a school of clerks
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Scole of clerkes”.
- Subject
- clerk (clerks)
- Category
- People → Occupations & roles
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
Collective noun
school
Also spelled Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
What do you call a group of clerks, dolphins, fish or 5 others?
a school of clerks · a school of dolphins · a school of fish · …
- Used for
- 8 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Fish, Mammals, Occupations & roles
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Scole of clerkes”.
- A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
Other senses of the word: school on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a school of dolphins
- Subject
- dolphin (dolphins)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
a school of fish
A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- Subject
- fish (fish)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
a school of hippopotamuses
- Subject
- hippopotamus (hippopotamuses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
a school of narwhals
- Subject
- narwhal (narwhals)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
a school of bony fish
- Subject
- bony fish (bony fish)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
1 source
a school of cod
- Subject
- cod (cod)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)
1 source
a school of whales
- Subject
- whale (whales)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)