pedagogue

noun
/ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.

  1. derived from paedagōgus
  2. derived from pedagogue
  3. inherited from pedagoge

Definitions

  1. A teacher or instructor of children

    A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.

    • Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.
  2. A pedant

    A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.

    • And novv I have gone thus far, perhaps you vvill think me ſome pedagogue, vvilling, by a vvell-timed puff, to encreaſe the reputation of his ovvn ſchool; but ſuch is not the caſe.
  3. A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To teach.

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