Preteenager

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of less than 13 years of age.

    "In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band."

  2. 2
    a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) wordnet

Synonyms

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preteenpreteentween

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"In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band."

Etymology

From pre- + teenager.

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