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Pertaining to discipline.

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  1. a. Pertaining to discipline.
  2. n. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
  3. n. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.
  4. n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  5. Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman. 1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar. 2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
  6. Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman.
  7. n:100 n someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms