Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disciplinarian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disciplinarian \Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to discipline. ``Displinarian system.'' --Milman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence
to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disciplinarian
n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: {martinet}, {moralist}]
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