disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

The disciplinarian of China Inc. has turned cheerleader.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Johnson described his new Wing Commander as "arrogant, bombastic, a strict disciplinarian, but one of the best pilots in Bomber Command".

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

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