pedant
[ ped-nt ]
/ ˈpɛd nt /
noun
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
Obsolete.
a schoolmaster.
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British Dictionary definitions for pedant
pedant
/ (ˈpɛdənt) /
noun
a person who relies too much on academic learning or who is concerned chiefly with insignificant detail
archaic
a schoolmaster or teacher
Word Origin for pedant
C16: via Old French from Italian
pedante teacher; perhaps related to Latin
paedagōgus
pedagogue