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pre⋅school

[adj. pree-skool; n. pree-skool]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
–noun
2. a school or nursery for preschool children.

Origin:
1920–25; pre- + school 1
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pre·school   (prē'skōōl')   
adj.  Of, relating to, intended for, or being the early years of childhood that precede the beginning of elementary school.
n.   (prē'skōōl')
A school for children who are not old enough to attend kindergarten; a nursery school.
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Word Origin & History

preschool 
1924 (adj.), from pre- + school (q.v.); the noun is 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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