PEDAGOGUES
Noun
pedagogues
plural of pedagogue
Source: Wiktionary
PEDAGOGUE
Ped"a*gogue, n. Etym: [F. pédagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. Page a servant, Agent.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: 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.
Ped"a*gogue, v. t. Etym: [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
Definition: To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.
PEDAGOGUE
Ped"a*gogue, n. Etym: [F. pédagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. Page a servant, Agent.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: 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.
Ped"a*gogue, v. t. Etym: [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
Definition: To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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