pedagogue

See also: pédagogue

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagogus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, child) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, guide) (from ἄγω (ágō, lead)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

pedagogue (plural pedagogues)

  1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
  2. 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.
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  3. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Translations

Verb

pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued)

  1. To teach.

References

  1. pedagogue” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Middle French

Etymology

First attested circa 1371[1], borrowed from Latin paedagogus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Noun

pedagogue m (plural pedagogues)

  1. pedagogue, one who teaches a child

References

  1. pedagogue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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