Pedagogue

['pedəgɒg] or ['pɛdəɡɑɡ]

Definition

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

(n.) A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.

(n.) One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant.

(v. t.) To play the pedagogue toward.

Inputed by Leslie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [A contemptuous term.] Schoolmaster, teacher.

Editor: Shanna

Definition

n. a teacher: a pedant.—v.t. to teach.—adjs. Pedagog′ic -al relating to teaching: belonging to or possessed by a teacher of children.—ns. Pedagog′ics Ped′agogism Ped′agogy the science of teaching: instruction: discipline.

Edited by Diana