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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Last school year, 88% of Florida kindergartners were up to date on vaccinations, a decrease from 94% in 2019, according to the Florida Department of Health.
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Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Surging vaccine exemption rates The percentage of exemptions for kindergartners in these neighboring counties tripled in the past decade.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
In December, a disgruntled man armed with a ghost gun shot two kindergartners who were seriously wounded in the campus shooting at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
In Sarasota County for example, less than 80% of kindergartners are vaccinated, partly because non-medical exemptions are more than double the state average—leaving schools and child-care centers vulnerable to outbreaks.
—Simon Williams, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
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Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Surging vaccine exemption rates The percentage of exemptions for kindergartners in these neighboring counties tripled in the past decade.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
In December, a disgruntled man armed with a ghost gun shot two kindergartners who were seriously wounded in the campus shooting at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
In Sarasota County for example, less than 80% of kindergartners are vaccinated, partly because non-medical exemptions are more than double the state average—leaving schools and child-care centers vulnerable to outbreaks.
—Simon Williams, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Kindergartner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindergartner. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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