disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Many of those who supported him thought his military background and disciplinarian credentials were what the country needed to get to grips with the Islamist insurgency in the north.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

The Agnews, Rikk, Frank, and Alfie, were the sons of a disciplinarian Irish father who worked for SoCal Gas and a Mexican mother.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Children, according to the old disciplinarian maxim, should be seen and not heard.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 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