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Webster 1913 Edition
Pedagogue
Ped′a-gogue
(pĕd′ā̍-gŏg)
, Noun.
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.
Ped′a-gogue
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. L.
paedagogare
to instruct.] To play the pedagogue toward.
[Obs.]
Prior.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pedagogue
PEDAGOGUE
,Noun.
1.
A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to instruct young children; a schoolmaster.2.
A pedant.Definition 2024
pedagogue
pedagogue
See also: pédagogue
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pedagogue (plural pedagogues)
- A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Goldsmith to this entry?)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a teacher
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a pedant
References
Middle French
Etymology
First attested circa 1371[1], borrowing from Latin paedagogus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek.
Noun
pedagogue m (plural pedagogues)
- pedagogue, one who teaches a child
References
- ↑ “pedagogue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).