Definition of pedagogue

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ped·a·gogue    (pd-gg, -gôg) KEY 

NOUN:

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

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedaggus, slave who supervised children and took them to and from school, from Greek paidaggos : paido-, boy ; see pedo-¹ + aggos, leader (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
peda·goguish(Adjective)