noun
also 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 agent
1. : 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