Definition of stickler Stickler

/stɪˈkʌlɚ/ - [stikuler] - stick•ler

We found 6 definitions of stickler from 4 different sources.

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What does stickler mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: sticklers

stickler - someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness"
  disciplinarian, martinet, moralist someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • stickler (v. t.)
    One who stickles.
  • stickler (v. t.)
    One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
  • stickler (v. t.)
    One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • stickler
    A sidesman to fencers, or second to a duelist.

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