disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Barry Hearn said Eubank Sr, who he promoted for a number of years, was a "very strict disciplinarian as a father".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

His father, James Earl Carter Sr., known as Mr. Earl, was a strict disciplinarian and a conservative businessman of some means.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

The disciplinarian of China Inc. has turned cheerleader.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

But the reason for the class’s “ooo” had to do with his real job: vice principal in charge of discipline—in short, the school’s disciplinarian.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben