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disciplinarian

noun as in person who makes others work hard

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

Ray, who is joining the Marines to make his disciplinarian but not unkind father proud, convinces Cam to join alongside him.

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Many of those who supported him thought his military background and disciplinarian credentials were what the country needed to get to grips with the Islamist insurgency in the north.

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A boy - now aged 36 - claimed "disciplinarian" Keenan would poke him on the body if he did not return home from school in a set time.

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"She's an inspiration to women everywhere - a rare person who shows love and affection to her students, yet remains a strict disciplinarian when it comes to Kalari," says KF Thomas, a former student.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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