noun

xenagogue

xen·a·gogue

xenagogue · xenagogues

One who guides strangersOne who guides strangers; a guide or tour guide.

UK/ˈzɛnəɡɒɡ/US/ˈzɛnəˌɡɑɡ/

Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete, rare)One who guides strangers; a guide or tour guide.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξεναγωγός (xenagōgós), from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner;

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξεναγωγός (xenagōgós), from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner; guest; stranger”, noun) (possibly ultimately Pre-Greek) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “(adjective) guiding, leading; (noun) escort, guide”) (from ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to bring along, lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ός (-ós, suffix forming agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns)). By surface analysis, xen- (prefix meaning ‘relating to foreigners or strangers’) + -agogue (suffix denoting something leading to another thing).

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