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pedagogue

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ped⋅a⋅gogue

  [ped-uh-gog, -gawg]
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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   (pěd'ə-gŏg', -gôg')   
n.  

  1. A schoolteacher; an educator.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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