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Definition of pedagogues - 2 dictionary results

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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