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stickler - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stickler' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stickler [ v. t.]
- One who stickles.
- One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
- One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.

Meaning of 'stickler' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stickler [ n]
Meaning (1):
- someone who insists on something
Example in sentence:
  • a stickler for promptness