Standard American English for a pupil in first grade — typically a six or seven-year-old in their second year of formal schooling (after kindergarten). The word is matter-of-fact and educational in register, widely used by parents, teachers, and administrators in the US educational system.
Her daughter is a first grader now and already reading well above grade level.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.
“I tell my fucking 7 year old to ignore his brother bothering him on purpose because getting a reaction is the whole point. You'd think Will could internalize it better than a first grader though.”
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