pedagogue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a teacher, especially one who is strict, formal, or old-fashioned

   The novel portrays the schoolmaster as a stern but conscientious pedagogue.

2. 2
   noun

   a pedantic or dogmatic teacher

   He lectured like a humorless pedagogue instead of inviting discussion.

3. 3
   noun

   in ancient Greece and Rome, a slave who escorted and supervised a child; historical

   The household pedagogue accompanied the boy to his lessons.

Simplified etymology

Pedagogue entered English in the late Middle English period and is formed from Greek words meaning “child” and “leader.” In ancient Greece the corresponding term denoted a slave who conducted a child to school; in Latin it developed into a word for a teacher.

Through French and Latin from Greek paidagogos, literally 'child-leader,' formed from pais, 'child,' + agogos, 'leader.' In antiquity it named the attendant who conducted a child to school; English later applied it to teachers, sometimes disparagingly.

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