pedagogue
pedagogue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.
- 2.One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. Goldsmith.
- 3.To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- adviser
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- apostle
- archaeologist
- bear
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- chalk
- clergy
- clerk
- coach
- connoisseur
- crammer
- dame
- director
- disciplinarian
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- education
- example
- expositor
- feet
- fellow
- for
- genius
- glossographer
- good
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pedagogue.
- What is a teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster called?
- What is one who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. Goldsmith called?
- What is to play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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