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[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disciplinarian \Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." --Milman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disciplinarian \Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an\, n.
1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training,
especially with training, especially with regard to order
and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a
stickler for the observance of rules and methods of
training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
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2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence
to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disciplinarian
n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "disciplinarian":
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler,
arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot,
dictator, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor,
pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant, usurper,
warlord