Pedagogue
//ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
Verb
- 1 To teach.
Example
More examples"He is an extremely fine and articulate pedagogue."
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.
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