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Pedagogue
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- 1 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 someone who educates young people wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally. historical
- 1 To teach.
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.
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.
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