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Plural of stickler

regular plural

The plural of stickler is sticklers.

Forms of stickler

Singularstickler /ˈstɪk.lə/
Pluralsticklers
Countablecountable

Sticklers in a sentence

  • Lexicographers are sticklers for correct language.
  • For the sticklers, here "final demand" is meant to include inventory investment.2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, page 12
  • That’s always been the problem for sticklers, you see.2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation…. From the entry nerdishness

Meaning of stickler

  1. noun A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.
  2. noun Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule.

Full definition of stickler

Questions about the plural of stickler

What is the plural of stickler?
The plural of stickler is sticklers.
Is stickler countable?
Stickler is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stickler (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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