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kindergarten noun. M19.
[German, lit. 'children's garden'.]
Orig., a school teaching young children according to a method devised by Friedrich Fr?bel (see FROEBEL) for developing their intelligence by means of interesting objects, exercises with toys, games, singing, etc. Now, any nursery school. M19.
Hist. The group of young men with imperialist ideals recruited by Lord Milner, High Commissioner of South Africa, to help with reconstruction work after the second Boer War of 1899-1902. E20.
kindergartener noun a teacher or pupil at a kindergarten L19.