pedagogue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who educates young people
    pedagog; educator.

WordNet

Ped"a*gogue noun
Etymology
F. pédagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. , , a boy + to lead, guide; cf. leading. See Page a servant, Agent.
Definitions
  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.
Ped"a*gogue transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.
Definitions
  1. To play the pedagogue toward. Obs. Prior.

Webster 1913