pedagogue

n.

1. A schoolteacher; an educator.
2. One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner.

[Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedagōgus, slave who supervised children and took them to and from school, from Greek paidagōgos : paido-, boy; see pedo-¹ + agōgos, leader (from agein, to lead).]

pedagoguish ped'a·gogu'ish adj.

(PED-a-gog)
noun, also pedagog
1. A schoolteacher; an educator.
2. One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner.

Etymology
Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedagogus, slave who supervised children, including taking them to and from school, from Greek paidagogos : paido-, boy + agogos, leader (from agein, to lead).

Usage
"They also taught that `persistent perversity provokes the patient pedagogue to produce particularly painful punishment.'" — Roger Kimball, Anything Goes, Nothing Matters, Forbes, Oct 4, 99.

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noun

One who educates: educator, instructor, teacher, trainer, tutor. See teach/learn.

IN BRIEF: A person who teaches or instructs; teacher.

An experienced pedagogue will value a good question as much as a good answer. — p

Dansk (Danish)
n. - pædagog

Nederlands (Dutch)
pedagoog, pedante schoolmeester

Français (French)
n. - pédagogue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pädagoge, Schulmeister

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκπαιδευτικός, παιδαγωγός

Italiano (Italian)
pedagogista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedagogo (m), pessoa pedante (f)

Русский (Russian)
педагог

Español (Spanish)
n. - pedagogo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pedagog

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
教师, 爱假装博学者, 教育者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 教師, 愛假裝博學者, 教育者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 학자인 체하는 사람, 교육자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 先生, 衒学者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معلم, معلم متزمت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחנך, פדגוג‬

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