pedagogue
Meanings
Plural: pedagogues
Noun
- someone who educates young people
- A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
- 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.
- A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
Verb
- To teach.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.
Scrabble Score: 14
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pedagogue is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
pedagogue is a valid Words With Friends word