pedagogue /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •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 •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 •(historical) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally. verb1 •To teach. formspedagogued · pedagoguing · pedagogues
