# pedagogue

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/ · frequency rank #92,988

## Definitions
1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
2. 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.
3. A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

## Etymology
From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pedagogue