Pedagogue

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedagogue \Ped"a*gogue\, v. t. [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
     To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pedagogue \Ped"a*gogue\ (p[e^]d"[asl]*g[o^]g), n. [F.
     p['e]dagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. paidagwgo`s; pai^s, paido`s,
     a boy + 'a`gein to lead, guide; cf. 'agwgo`s 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.
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     2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach
        the young; a schoolmaster.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pedagogue
       n : someone who educates young people [syn: {educator}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "pedagogue":
     abecedarian, certified teacher, docent, doctor, dominie, don,
     educationist, educator, fellow, guide, guru, instructor, maestro,
     master, melamed, mentor, mullah, pandit, pedagogist, preceptor,
     professor, pundit, rabbi, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster,
     schoolteacher, starets, teacher