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pedagogue

[ped-uh-gog, -gawg] / ˈpɛd əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg /


NOUN
dogmatist
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Ever the eager pedagogue, as played with buoyant energy by Mr. Morse, Beckett annotates her performance: “Haydn based that movement of the symphony on a folk song. From Croatia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Still, it’s a pleasure to enjoy something that’s both straight-faced and freewheeling, like a jazz pedagogue who also knows how to get a crowd dancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

Mr. Prince, an adjunct professor at Chapman, is not the only pedagogue trying to incorporate social media into lesson plans.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

When he arrived at the Tanforan stables where he was initially interred, he thought like a pedagogue, concerned first for the children he saw around him.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020

One morning the pupils, who were two and two, found themselves growing very tired one by one, for their promenade had been prolonged unusually by the pedagogue.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?




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