kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 
ˈkin-də-,
-ˌgärd-
variants
or less commonly kindergartener
1
: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten
2
: a teacher at a kindergarten
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Selected kindergartners are tested months before arrival so any needs can be immediately addressed.
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Terry Spencer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2024
Elizabeth Gerber expects to encounter a happy but sleepy kindergartner.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
While Marin County had relatively low vaccination rates in the early 2010s, the numbers have since gone up, with 97% of kindergartners up-to-date on their vaccines as of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2019, America was doing great in terms of measles vaccination—across the country, 95.2 percent of kindergartners were getting immunized, according to the CDC—and yet, in spite of this fantastic progress, measles cases were exploding.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
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Terry Spencer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2024
Elizabeth Gerber expects to encounter a happy but sleepy kindergartner.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
While Marin County had relatively low vaccination rates in the early 2010s, the numbers have since gone up, with 97% of kindergartners up-to-date on their vaccines as of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2019, America was doing great in terms of measles vaccination—across the country, 95.2 percent of kindergartners were getting immunized, according to the CDC—and yet, in spite of this fantastic progress, measles cases were exploding.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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