pedagogue

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From Old French pedagogue, from Latin paedagogus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγέω (paidagōgeō), παιδαγωγός (paidagogos), from παιδός (paidos), child) (genitive of παῖς (pais)) + ἀγωγός (agogos), guide), άγω (ágō), lead).[1]

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Singular
pedagogue

Plural
pedagogues

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.
  3. (archaic) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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  1. ^pedagogue” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001