Pedant

n.	1.	A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. - Shak.
	2.	One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. - Goldsmith.

Noun

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pedant - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Synonyms: bookworm, scholastic

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