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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryped·a·gogue nounalso ped·a·gog \ˈpe-də-ˌgäg\ ETYMOLOGY Middle English pedagoge, from Latin paedagogus,from Greek paidagōgos, slave who escorted children to school, from paid- ped- + agōgos leader, from agein to lead — more at agent DATE 14th century: teacher, schoolmaster; especially : a dull, formal, or pedantic teacherEnglish Etymologypedagogue late 14c., "schoolmaster, teacher," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. pedagogue"teacher of children," from L. paedagogus "slave who escorted children to school and generally supervised them," later "a teacher," from Gk. paidagogos, from pais (gen. paidos) "child" (see pedo-) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act). Hostile implications in the word are at least from the time of Pepys.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pedagoguepeda·gogue / 5pedE^C^; NAmE -^B:^ / noun (old use or formal)a teacher; a person who likes to teach people things, especially because they think they know more than other people 教师；好为人师的人Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedped·a·goguenounalso ped·a·gog or paed·a·gogue \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌgäg sometimes -gȯg\(-s)Etymology: Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagoge, pedagogue, from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagōgos, from paid- paed- + agōgos leader, escort, from agein to lead, drive — more at agent1. : a teacher of children or youth : schoolmaster < the opinion of … experienced pedagogues — Virgil Thomson > < a fine pedagogue — A.J.Liebling > < the mere pedagogue — W.S.Deffenbaugh > < a wooden and perfunctory pedagogue — John Dewey >2. a. : one (as a slave) having charge of a boy chiefly on the way to and from school in classical antiquity b. : a youth's tutor and often traveling companion especially in the Renaissance

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