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ped·a·gogue
noun
also ped·a·gog or paed·a·gogue \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌgäg sometimes -gȯg\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagoge, pedagogue, from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagōgos, from paid- paed- + agōgos leader, escort, from agein to lead, drive — more at agent
1. : a teacher of children or youth : schoolmaster
< the opinion of … experienced pedagogues — Virgil Thomson >
< a fine pedagogue — A.J.Liebling >
< the mere pedagogue — W.S.Deffenbaugh >
< a wooden and perfunctory pedagogue — John Dewey >
2.
a. : one (as a slave) having charge of a boy chiefly on the way to and from school in classical antiquity
b. : a youth's tutor and often traveling companion especially in the Renaissance |