pedagogue
Noun

pedagogue (plural pedagogues)

  1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗:
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      Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.
  2. 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.
  3. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
Related terms Translations Translations
  • Russian: педа́нт
Translations Verb

pedagogue (pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing; past and past participle pedagogued)

  1. To teach.



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