pedagogue

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

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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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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• pedagogic
• pedagogical
• pedagogically
• pedagogy

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• demogogue
• galactagogue
• synagogue

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• Notes:

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

• pedagogue in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.