Eton
Elite British school
Eton is a prestigious English boarding school for boys, founded in 1440 near Windsor.
It has educated numerous British prime ministers, royals, and establishment figures, making "Eton" shorthand for elite British privilege: the Eton-educated cabinet.
An Eton collar is a broad, stiff white collar worn outside the jacket, originally part of the school uniform.
Entering a vehicle
- housemasterBoarding school dormitory head
- headmasterSchool's chief administrator
- prefectStudent given official authority
- chapelSmall worship room
dormitory · house · tutor · matron · masters · alumni · fagging · quad
Cutaway evening jacket
- collarNeck encirclement
- waistcoatSleeveless torso garment
- stripesParallel linear markings
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
top hat · morning dress · pinstripes · formalwear · sartorial · dress code · attire · cufflinks
Rule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- old boysMale alumni group
establishment · ruling class · gentry · affluent · wealthy · influential · powerful · exclusive
boarding
Entering a vehicle
- housemasterBoarding school dormitory head
- headmasterSchool's chief administrator
- prefectStudent given official authority
chapel · dormitory · house · tutor · matron · masters · alumni · fagging · quad · playing fields
tailcoat
Cutaway evening jacket
tie · top hat · morning dress · pinstripes · formalwear · sartorial · dress code · attire · cufflinks · lapel
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
old boys · establishment · ruling class · gentry · affluent · wealthy · influential · powerful · exclusive · patrician
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
legacy · customs · pomp · observance · continuity · history · antiquity · protocol · etiquette · procession
- British educationgrammar schools, comprehensive schools, state schools, primary education, secondary education
- aristocratic educationtutors, governesses, etiquette, deportment, protocol
- boarding schoolsboarding school, boarding house, dormitory, dormitories, dorm
- British SchoolsRugby, Winchester, Westminster, St. Paul's, Shrewsbury
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, country houses, manor houses, servants
Education through suffering
- Eton CollegeElite English boarding school