Noun: pedagogue 'pe-du,góg
- Someone who educates young people
"The pedagogue developed innovative teaching strategies for his students";
- educator, pedagog [US]
- A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
"The pedagogue corrected everyone's grammar, much to their annoyance";
- pedant, scholastic
Derived forms: pedagogues
Type of: professional, professional person, scholar, scholarly person
Encyclopedia: Pedagogue