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Pedagogue
Pronunciation : Ped"a*gogue
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. p?dagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. Page a servant, Agent.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ped"a*gogue
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
Definition : Defn: To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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