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
He had the reputation of being the strictest disciplinarian in the camp, and was proud of it.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
