ped·a·gogue (p?d??-g?g?, -gôg?)n.1. A schoolteacher; an educator.2. One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner.[Middle English pedagoge, from Old French, from Latin paedag?gus, slave who supervised children and took them to and from school, from Greek paidag?gos : paido-, boy; see pedo-1 + ag?gos, leader (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]ped?a·gogu?ish adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.pedagogue (?p?d?????) or pedagogn1. (Education) a teacher or educator2. (Education) a pedantic or dogmatic teacher[C14: from Latin paedag?gus, from Greek paidag?gos slave who looked after his master’s son, from pais boy + ag?gos leader] ?peda?gogic, ?peda?gogical adj ?peda?gogically adv ?peda?gogism, ?peda?goguism nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ped?a?gogue or ped?a?gog (?p?d ??g?g, -?g?g) n. 1. a teacher; schoolteacher. 2. a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal. [1350?1400; Middle English pedagoge