Meaning & use
pedagogue
A teacher, especially one regarded as strict, formal, or overly concerned with rules.
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The old pedagogue insisted on perfect posture and silence throughout every single lesson.
Critics dismissed him as a dry pedagogue with little patience for creative classroom ideas.
A note on using this word
Pedagogue often carries a slightly negative or old-fashioned tone suggesting rigidity, unlike the neutral word teacher.
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