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kindergartner

or kin·der·gar·ten·er

[ kin-der-gahrt-ner, -gahrd- ]

noun

  1. a child who attends a kindergarten.
  2. a kindergarten teacher.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kindergartner1

From the German word Kindergärtner, dating back to 1870–75. See kindergarten, -er 1

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Example Sentences

There are kindergartners who have never met a teacher in real life and, on the other end of the scale, high-schoolers who’ve been back in classrooms for weeks.

Michelle Romo, who lives in Northeast Washington with her husband, kindergartner and toddler, said she “won the lottery” when her kindergartner was offered a spot.

That group includes hundreds of high-schoolers, thousands of kindergartners through fifth-graders, very young children, students with disabilities and English-as-a-second-language students.

Loudoun’s decision, which takes effect Tuesday, will send home hundreds of high-schoolers, thousands of kindergartners through fifth-graders, very young children, students with disabilities and English-as-a-second-language students.

The first phase is to include kindergartners and first-graders, sixth-graders, high school students who are not on track for graduation, and additional students in career and special-education programs.

Informal questions by the kindergartner and answers by the children, on its introduction, that it may be well understood.

Is it not true that such work requires considerable effort from the kindergartner to make it interesting to the child?

Of course the American kindergartner does not use "foolish" stories; but stories she does use, and to good effect.

The fourteen little stories in this book are not offered as a collection ample enough to satisfy all needs of the kindergartner.

Do not say I am making too solemn a matter of these movement plays, to the Kindergartner.

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