pedagogue
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]
2.A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Pedagogue \Ped"a*gogue\, v. t. [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.] To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster]