disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In later years, Buhari attributed his disciplinarian bent to spending his formative years at boarding school, where corporal punishment was the norm, and in the military.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Children, according to the old disciplinarian maxim, should be seen and not heard.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

He is known as a disciplinarian with a track record of giving players second chances and succeeding at the junior college level.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2023

In charge of them all and entrusted by the legislature to build the new prison was a cruel but innovative disciplinarian, Elam Lynds.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover