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preschooler

American

[pree-skoo-ler] / ˈpriˈsku lər /

noun

a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.

Etymology

Origin of preschooler

First recorded in 1945–50; preschool + -er ¹

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Each one begins: "Once upon a time there was a Mitzi," and they include Preschooler Mitzi, her baby brother Jacob, their parents, even a grandmother in bed with a cold.

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