Category:Pedagogue

Ped"a*gogue, n. Etym: [f. pédagogue, l. paedagogus, gr. Page a Servant, agent.]

1. (gr. Antiq.)

Defn: 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.

Pedagogue Ped"a*gogue, v. t. Etym: [cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]

Defn: to play the pedagogue toward. [obs.] Prior.