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paedagogue

paedagogue is the archaic spelling of pedagogue.

Meaning of pedagogue

Noun

pedagogue (plural pedagogues)

  1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
    • Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
  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.
    • And novv I have gone thus far, perhaps you vvill think me ſome pedagogue, vvilling, by a vvell-timed puff, to encreaſe the reputation of his ovvn ſchool; but ſuch is not the caſe.1759 November 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Education”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number VI...
  3. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Forms of paedagogue

pluralpaedagogues

Questions about paedagogue

What is paedagogue the archaic spelling of?
Paedagogue is the archaic spelling of pedagogue.

Words near paedagogue in the dictionary

  1. paedagogical
  2. paedagogically
  3. paedagogics
  4. paedagogies
  5. paedagogism
  6. paedagogue
  7. paedagogues
  8. paedagogy
  9. paedantry
  10. paederast
  11. paederastic

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