kindergartner

noun

kin·​der·​gart·​ner ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər How to pronounce kindergartner (audio)
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

Examples of kindergartner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even with the recent divot in our national vaccine rates, the country remains in broad agreement on the value of immunity: 93 percent of America’s kindergartners are getting measles shots, a rate that has barely budged for decades. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024 Nationally, the rate of kindergartners fully immunized against the measles dropped from 95% in the 2019-20 school year to 93% in 2022-23, according to the CDC. Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Of the 120-plus kindergartners at Joshua Elementary when this work began, only 53 remain today. Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024 Nationally, the proportion of kindergartners with a vaccine exemption reached a new high of 3 percent in the 2022-2023 school year, according to the CDC. Lauren Weber, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024 Measles vaccination rates rose among California’s kindergartners, likely in large part because of a change in state law in 2015 that strengthened requirements that schoolchildren be vaccinated against measles and other diseases. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024 The national coverage of the MMR vaccine was 93.1%, meaning about 250,000 kindergartners nationwide are at risk of measles. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024 For nearly 10 years, the share of U.S. kindergartners who had received two doses of the MMR vaccine was 95%. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024 For nearly 10 years, 95% of U.S. kindergartners had received both doses. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of kindergartner was in 1868

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“Kindergartner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindergartner. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

kindergartner

noun
kin·​der·​gart·​ner ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər How to pronounce kindergartner (audio)
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil

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