pedagogue

Meaning

Noun

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. (historical) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

Verb

To teach.

Synonyms

educator

teacher

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educationist

pedagog

schoolmaster

instructor

preceptor

dominie

educationalist

professor

schoolteacher

tutor

governer

brain worker

educational specialist

educates

governess

master

pedant

prig

principal

schoolman

schoolmarm

schoolmistress

Translations

pedagogo

pédagogue

pedagogo

Pädagoge

pedagogo

pedagoog

opvoedkundige

παιδαγωγός

pedagog

Pädagogin

pedagogista

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instituteur

educador

terbiyeci

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pedagoge

In summary

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.