Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child who is not old enough to attend kindergarten.
- noun A child who is enrolled in a preschool.
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- noun A child who is educated at
preschool .
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- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
Etymologies
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Examples
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(But than again, 120 minute wait for ANYTHING in the hot sun with a preschooler is not worth it!)
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I love that your preschooler is doing woodworking!
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This is late-Victorian London, rendered in terms a preschooler can grasp.
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The preschooler was the daughter of the alleged shooter and his girlfriend.
The Seattle Times 2012
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However competent I am at dressing the bottom half of me for a preschooler, I completely fall apart on the top half.
Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011
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Angie is so grateful she had the right combination of opportunities beginning with her parents' commitment to her education, and grateful for the great start she had as a preschooler.
Marian Wright Edelman: From Head Start to Harvard Marian Wright Edelman 2011
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There was a time when Grace was a preschooler, Mary Catherine a toddler and Tessa a baby, when Seena did melt into Dick, when he had felt her love.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Angie is so grateful she had the right combination of opportunities beginning with her parents' commitment to her education, and grateful for the great start she had as a preschooler.
Marian Wright Edelman: From Head Start to Harvard Marian Wright Edelman 2011
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Finally . . . come on, Maggie, Phoebe coaxed, sounding more like a preschooler than a college student.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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They had been waiting until they figured out a way to explain it to him, since the "when two people love each other..." doesn't work since both parents happen to be in same sex relationships, and trying to explain in vitro fertilization to a preschooler is not the best idea.
Reflections Over Jalpeños Erika Fletcher 2011
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