| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ped·a·gogue |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p d  -g g , -gôg |
| NOUN: | 1. A schoolteacher; an educator. 2. One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedag gus, slave who supervised children and took them to and from school, from Greek paidaggos : paido-, boy; see pedo–1 + aggos, leader (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | peda·goguish —ADJECTIVE
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