disciplinarian
a person who enforces or advocates discipline: The teacher was a formidable disciplinarian.
Origin of disciplinarian
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How to use disciplinarian in a sentence
It can also make police the default disciplinarians in schools with poor leadership.
Strict disciplinarians in their way, though affectionate enough after their own fashion, were the parents of the time.
The Story of Ab | Stanley WaterlooFor the sake of the dogs, who were stern disciplinarians, we kept the peace till the bolt was once more turned upon us.
Kilgorman | Talbot Baines ReedThe discipline was as near perfection as possible, Captain Carden being one of the severest of disciplinarians.
Dewey and Other Naval Commanders | Edward S. EllisDon't suppose we are irreligious—far from it; but always we are disciplinarians.
Compared with these disciplinarians my dear mother was nowhere.
The Retrospect | Ada Cambridge
British Dictionary definitions for disciplinarian
/ (ˌdɪsɪplɪˈnɛərɪən) /
a person who imposes or advocates discipline
a less common word for disciplinary
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