pedagogue

Or ped·a·gog

[ped-uh-gog, -gawg]

noun

1. a teacher; schoolteacher.

2. a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal.

pedagogue

/ ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡ /

noun

1. a teacher or educator

2. a pedantic or dogmatic teacher

Other Word Forms

• pedagogism noun
• pedagogically adverb
• pedagogic adjective
• pedagoguery noun
• pedagogery noun
• pedagoguish adjective
• pedagogish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedagogue¹

1350–1400; Middle English pedagoge < Latin paedagōgus < Greek paidagōgós a boy's tutor. See ped- ¹, -agogue

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedagogue¹

C14: from Latin paedagōgus, from Greek paidagōgos slave who looked after his master's son, from pais boy + agōgos leader

Example Sentences

Still, it’s a pleasure to enjoy something that’s both straight-faced and freewheeling, like a jazz pedagogue who also knows how to get a crowd dancing.

From Los Angeles Times

He graduated in 1972 from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he studied with the pedagogue and performer Leon Fleisher.

From New York Times

As composer, virtuoso pianist, theorist, highly opinionated futurist and pedagogue, Busoni exerted a little-acknowledged, though crucial, component of the cultural identity of San Francisco and beyond, Los Angeles very much included.

From Los Angeles Times

A dedicated pedagogue, he taught at the Hartt School for 29 years.

From New York Times

“She’s so much more than a virtuoso flutist or a pedagogue. She is a true catalyst for change. But also not only that. She makes you think that everything is possible.”

From New York Times