disciplinarian

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who enforces strict rules and expects obedience, often through punishment

   The head coach was a strict disciplinarian who never tolerated lateness.

Common collocations

• rigid disciplinarian Adjective + noun

Formed in English from discipline with the person-forming suffix -arian. Discipline ultimately comes through Old French from Latin disciplina ("instruction, training"), from discipulus ("pupil").

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