Kindergartner

//ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A child who attends a kindergarten.

    "I partnered the older kids with my kindergartners and let everyone get a taste of teaching or learning from someone different."

  2. 2
    A person who teaches at a kindergarten. rare

    "But the heart is generally larger than the creed, as was once strikingly evidenced to me by Louisa Frankenberg, a dear, devout old German kindergartner, who had learned the art of kindergartning [...]"

  3. 3
    a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten wordnet

Synonyms

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preschoolerclassmatefellow studentgrade schoolerhigh schoolerinfant

Example

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"My little brother is still a kindergartner."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”).

Etymology 2

From German Kindergärtner.

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