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disciplinarian

noun
/dɪsɪplɪˈnɛəɹɪən/UK

Etymology

From discipline + -arian or disciplinary + -an.

  1. derived from *dek-✻
  2. derived from disciplina
  3. derived from descipline
  4. suffixed as disciplinarian — “discipline + arian”

Definitions

  1. One who exercises discipline.

    • He is the chief disciplinarian in the school.
    • Miss Brownell had the reputation in Blair Water of being a fine teacher—due mainly to the fact that she was a strict disciplinarian and kept excellent “order.”

  2. One who believes in discipline as a tool for regulation or control.

  3. Relating to discipline.

    • Disciplinarian system.

The neighborhood

Derived

disciplinarianism, multidisciplinarian

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA