disciplinarian
/dɪsɪplɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
disciplinarian noun: one who exercises discipline.
Noun
disciplinarian (plural disciplinarians)
- One who exercises discipline.
- He is the chief disciplinarian in the school.
- Miss Brownell had the reputation in Blair Water of being a fine teacher—due mainly to the fact that she was a strict disciplinarian and kept excellent “order.”1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon
- One who believes in discipline as a tool for regulation or control.
Adjective
disciplinarian (comparative more disciplinarian, superlative most disciplinarian)
- Relating to discipline.
- Disciplinarian system.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
disciplinarian meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
disciplinarian in Tamil
- ஒழுக்கசீலர், ஒழுக்கத்தை அமல் படுத்துபவர்
disciplinarian in Urdu
- سخت گیر, ضابط
disciplinarian in Bengali
- যিনি শৃঙ্খলা বজায় রাখেন, শৃঙ্খলা সংক্রান্ত
disciplinarian in Malayalam
- hard taskmaster, martinet, authoritarian
- കടുത്ത അച്ചടക്കം പാലിക്കുന്ന ആൾ, മുറക്കാരൻ, ശിക്ഷകൻ, ദമയിതാ, ദമയിതാവ്, ശിക്ഷയിതാവ്
More languagesFewer languages
- disciplinarian in Tagalog
- mapanakdang-asal
Forms of disciplinarian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | disciplinarians |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more disciplinarian |
| superlative | most disciplinarian |
Origin of disciplinarian
From discipline + -arian or disciplinary + -an.
Words formed from disciplinarian
Questions about disciplinarian
- What does disciplinarian mean?
- Disciplinarian means one who exercises discipline.
- What is disciplinarian in Tamil?
- Disciplinarian in Tamil is ஒழுக்கசீலர், ஒழுக்கத்தை அமல் படுத்துபவர். See Disciplinarian meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disciplinarian?
- Disciplinarian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disciplinarian?
- Disciplinarian is pronounced /dɪsɪplɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disciplinarian?
- The plural of disciplinarian is disciplinarians.
Words near disciplinarian in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disciplinarian (page history and authors); disciplinarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disciplinarian (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disciplinarian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disciplinarian (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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