01 a. Pertaining to discipline.
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Pertaining to discipline.
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Disciplinarian
02 n. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces …
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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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A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.[Obs.]