Meaning of xenagogue | Babel Free

Definitions

One who guides strangers; a guide or tour guide.

obsolete, rare

Examples

“[…] I vvill be their Xenagogus, or guide, and firſt ſhevv them our Country of Kent, the inhabitants vvhereof, [Julius] Cæſar himſelf in his Commentaries, confeſſeth to be of all others the moſt full of humanity and gentleneſſe.”

“They are generally excellent Zenagogues or guides through their Countrie.”

“Consider popular enthusiasm roused by his demagogues and xenagogues.”

“[H]e can't quite get a bead on her instead his swift & anonymous xenagogue points out a bevy of beauties […]”

“A xenagogue also walks alongside, but as a tour guide. […] In these testimonials of online learning parents are depicted as being able to accomplish pedagogical ends while acting like xenagogues. These insights beg the question of whether parents can be mobilized and empowered as pedagogues and online teachers would be more effective if they were empowered instead as xenagogues.”

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