disciplinarian
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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Ray, who is joining the Marines to make his disciplinarian but not unkind father proud, convinces Cam to join alongside him.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 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
The disciplinarian of China Inc. has turned cheerleader.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
In almost every village there is a disciplinarian called the “pinching man.”
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Vocabulary lists containing disciplinarian
Power Suffix: -arian
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Facing the Lion
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