Pedagogue
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Origin
From Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagogus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγÎω, παιδαγωγός, from παιδός (paidos, "child") (genitive of παῖς) + ἀγωγός (agogos, "guide"), άγω (ágÅ, "lead").
Online Etymology Dictionary
Full definition of pedagogue
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.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.