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ped·a·gogue

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–noun

1.	a teacher; schoolteacher.

2.	a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal.

Also, ped·a·gog.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME pedagoge < L paedagōgus < Gk paidagōgós a boy's tutor. See ped-¹, -agogue

]

—Related forms

ped·a·gogu·er·y, ped·a·gog·er·y, noun

ped·a·gogu·ish, ped·a·gog·ish, adjective

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ped·a·gogue Audio Help (pěd'ə-gŏg', -gôg') Pronunciation Key
n.

A schoolteacher; an educator.
One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner.

[Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedagōgus, slave who supervised children and took them to and from school, from Greek paidagōgos : paido-, boy; see pedo-¹ + agōgos, leader (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]

ped'a·gogu'ish adj.

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pedagogue

1387, "schoolmaster, teacher," from O.Fr. pedagogue "teacher of children," from L. paedagogus "slave who escorted children to school and generally supervised them," later "a teacher," from Gk. paidagogos, from pais (gen. paidos) "child" + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act). Hostile implications in the word are at least from the time of Pepys. Pedagogy is 1583 from M.Fr. pédagogie, from Gk. paidagogia "education, attendance on children," from paidagogos "teacher."

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pedagogue
noun
someone who educates young people [syn: educator]

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Pedagogue

Cy`clo*pe"di*a\ Cyclopaedia \Cy`clo*p[ae]"di*a\(s?`kl?-p?"d?-?), n. [NL., from Gr. ky`klos circle + paidei`a the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, fr. paidey`ein to bring up a child. See Cycle, and cf. Encyclopedia, Pedagogue.] The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

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Pedagogue

Page\ (p[=a]j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.]

1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

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Pedagogue

Ped`a*gog"ic\, Pedagogical \Ped`a*gog"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. p['e]dagogique. See Pedagogue.] Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.

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Ped"a*gogue\, n. [F. p['e]dagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. ?; pai^s, paido`s, a boy + ? to lead, guide; cf. ? leading. See Page a servant, Agent.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.

3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. --Goldsmith.

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Pedagogue

Ped"a*gogue\, v. t. [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.] To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] --Prior.

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Ped"ant\, n. [F. p['e]dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. ? to instruct, from pai^s boy. See Pedagogue.]

1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] --Dryden.

A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak.

2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. --Addison.

A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. --Goldsmith.

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