Meaning & use

kindergartener

noun·Everyday

A child who attends kindergarten, typically around five or six years old.

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The kindergarteners lined up excitedly for their first field trip to the zoo.

As a kindergartener, she was already learning to read simple picture books.

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Kindergartener is standard American English; the alternate spelling 'kindergartner' is also common and equally correct.

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