pedant
nounDefinition of pedant
1
obsolete
: a male schoolteacher
2a
: one who makes a show of knowledge
b
: one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
c
: a formalist or precisionist in teaching
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