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pedagogue

/ˈpedəɡɒɡ/noun

उच्चारण पेडगॉग

शिक्षक, अध्यापक

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] old-fashioned or formal

    a teacher

    शिक्षक, अध्यापक

    • Dr Radhakrishnan was a gifted pedagogue before he became President.

    Synonyms teacher educator tutor instructor schoolmaster

    Opposite student pupil learner

  2. 2

    [C] disapproving

    a person who likes to teach people things in a strict or boring way

    नीरस और कठोर उपदेशक, किताबी शिक्षक

    • He was a pedantic old pedagogue who corrected everyone's grammar.

    Synonyms pedant dogmatist purist

◇Word family
pedagogy nounpedagogic adjectivepedagogical adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

teacher educator tutor instructor schoolmaster pedant dogmatist purist

Antonyms

student pupil learner

§Grammar and usage

British and American: The American spelling pedagog is also used, but pedagogue is the usual form.

British and American में American spelling pedagog भी चलता है, पर सामान्य रूप pedagogue ही है।