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pedagogo

pedagogue

noun peh-dah-GOH-goh Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: From Greek paidagōgos (child leader).

Also means

educator

Usage Note

Pedagogo is masculine; the feminine form is pedagoga. It refers to an educator or specialist in pedagogy, often with a slightly formal or ironic tone implying someone overly didactic. The masculine plural is pedagoghi, the feminine pedagoghe.

Examples

"Il pedagogo sviluppò un nuovo metodo di insegnamento."

Natural Translation

The pedagogue developed a new teaching method.

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