Cryptic crossword clue
After exercise, breathless – nursed by outstanding teacher 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PEDAGOGUE

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What does PEDAGOGUE mean?

PEDAGOGUE noun
  1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
  2. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
  3. A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
PEDAGOGUE verb
  1. To teach.

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