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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈstɪk.lə(r)/

Noun

One who is extremely fussy or particular; one who insists on precision or correctness
: ''Wiktionarians are sticklers for correct language.
A referee in a Cornish wrestling bout

Related terms

stickle

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stickler \Stic"kler\ (st[i^]k"kl[~e]r), n. [See Stickle, v.
t.]
One who stickles. Specifically:
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(a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a
second; an umpire. [Obs.]
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Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and
trumpets whom the others should obey. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war,
First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.
--Dryden.
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(b) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things,
as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate
contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
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The Tory or High-church were the greatest sticklers
against the exorbitant proceedings of King James
II. --Swift.
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WordNet stickler
n : someone who insists on something; "a stickler for
promptness"

Moby Dictionary
Simon Legree , absolute monarch , absolute ruler , all-powerful ruler ,
arrogator , ass , autarch , autocrat , bigot , bitter-ender , bullethead ,
caesar , captious critic , commissar , czar , despot , dictator ,
diehard , disciplinarian , dogmatist , donkey , driver , duce , fanatic ,
hard master , hardnose , intransigeant , intransigent , last-ditcher ,
martinet , maverick , mule , nitpicker , oligarch , oppressor ,
perfectionist , perverse fool , pharaoh , pighead , positivist ,
precisian , precisianist , purist , slave driver , standpat ,
standpatter , tyrant , usurper , warlord