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Definition of: pedagog
(ped′ə·gog, -gôg) noun
1. A schoolmaster; especially, a pedantic, narrow–minded teacher.
2. In ancient Greece and Rome, a slave who attended children to school. Also ped′a·gogue. [<OF pedagoge <L paedagogus <Gk. paidagōgos <pais, paidos a child + agōgos a leader <agein lead]
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