preschooler

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,813 of 15,258Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: preschoolers

A preschooler is a child old enough to play and talk but not yet at school. A noisy preschooler, activities for preschoolers, my preschooler.

It covers roughly the years from three to five, which is when most of a child's first language is picked up. The word is commoner in America and in child-development writing than in ordinary British speech.

Definitions of preschooler

1nounpreschoolerA child old enough to play but not yet at school.B1+
“The library runs a story hour for preschoolers.”

preschooler is a child.

Where it comes from

From preschool + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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preschooler

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,813 of 15,258Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: preschoolers

A preschooler is a child old enough to play and talk but not yet at school. A noisy preschooler, activities for preschoolers, my preschooler.

Definitions of preschooler

1nounpreschoolerA child old enough to play but not yet at school.B1+
“The library runs a story hour for preschoolers.”

preschooler is a child.

Where it comes from

From preschool + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA