Disciplinarian

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disciplinarian \Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an\, a.
     Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." --Milman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence
        to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disciplinarian
       n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
           [syn: {martinet}, {moralist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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