grade-schooler

[ greyd-skoo-ler ]

noun

1. a pupil in a grade school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grade-schooler¹

grade school + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In issuing a government apology, Sheinbaum, who was a grade-schooler in Mexico City when the Tlatelolco massacre took place, acknowledged an “obligation” and personal motivation: Her mother, Annie Pardo Cemo, 84, participated in the 1968 protest movement as a professor at Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute.

From Los Angeles Times

For a curious grade-schooler, experts say, YouTube more often works like Wikipedia, answering questions like, where is the oldest tree on Earth?

From Los Angeles Times

The grade-schooler had switched his career goal to paleontologist.

From Los Angeles Times

But the artifacts of the ’90s are perplexing to a 2023 grade-schooler.

From Washington Post

As a grade-schooler, she cherished her “dead-pet collection,” a plexiglass case of dearly departed cicadas, beetles and butterflies.

From New York Times