kindergartener
pronunciation
How to pronounce kindergartener in British English:
UK ['kɪndəɡɑ:tnər]
How to pronounce kindergartener in American English:
US ['kɪndəɡɑtnər]
Word Origin
- kindergartener (n.)
- "kindergarten teacher," 1872, from kindergarten + -er (1). The German form kindergartner is recorded in American English from 1863. As "kindergarten pupil," attested from 1935.
Example
- 1. The kindergartener gathered the children round her .
- 2. Us big kids pick a kindergartener to train .
- 3. Today , for the first time , I found out what it 's like to be a real kindergartener . And I like it !
- 4. Back when I was a kindergartener , I ...... I ...... I wasn 't able to finish the derby .
- 5. He cried for another minute or two , and then his kindergartener brain rebooted .