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di·dact

 (dī′dăkt′)
n.
A didactic person.

[Back-formation from didactic.]
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didact

(ˈdaɪdækt)
n
1. (Education) a person who is didactic
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who produces didactic literature or other work
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di•dact

(ˈdaɪ dækt)

n.
a didactic person.
[1950–55; probably back formation from didactic; compare autodidact]
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One can perceive, as well, another skill in the background--the declarative voice of a natural didact and patriarch.
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