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   Pedant , n. [F. pédant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. παιδεύειν to instruct, from παῖς boy. See Pedagogue.]
   A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.]
   Dryden.
   
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   A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church.
   Shak.
   
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   One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
   Addison.
   
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   A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he.
   Goldsmith.
   
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