Meaning of DISCIPLINARIAN
| Pronunciation: | | `disuplu'nehreeun
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms |
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| | Synonyms: | | martinet, moralist |
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| | See Also: | | authoritarian, dictator, stickler | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to discipline. ``Displinarian system.'' --Milman.
\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.
2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence
to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, Simon Legree, slave driver, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant, usurper, warlord |
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