disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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.

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

Casting himself as a teacher, he often was more bully than counselor, more screamer than lecturer, more heavy-handed disciplinarian than instructor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Principal O’Sullivan, who was also the head disciplinarian, punished the most defiant children.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac