Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pedagogue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pedagogue \Ped"a*gogue\, n. [F. p['e]dagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr.
?; pai^s, paido`s, a boy + ? to lead, guide; cf. ? leading.
See {Page} a servant, {Agent}.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A slave who led his master's children to
school, and had the charge of them generally.
2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach
the young; a schoolmaster.
3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or
pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a
schoolmaster; a pedant. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pedagogue \Ped"a*gogue\, v. t. [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pedagogue
n : someone who educates [syn: {educator}]
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