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
Casting himself as a teacher, he often was more bully than counselor, more screamer than lecturer, more heavy-handed disciplinarian than instructor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
The disciplinarian of China Inc. has turned cheerleader.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
She’d spent much of the same period being an unrelenting disciplinarian.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
