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preteenager en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English teenager English preteenager From pre- + teenager.

Meanings

  1. A person of less than 13 years of age.
    • In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band. 2007 January 7, Kelefa Sanneh, “Years in Review, and New-Year Surprises”, in New York Times:

Forms

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preteenagers Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

prepubescent

Synonyms

preteen