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sticklers

sticklers is the plural of stickler.

Meaning of stickler

Noun

stickler (plural sticklers)

  1. (Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.
    • In ancient time they were wont to employ third persons as sticklers, to see no treachery or disorder were used, and to beare witnes of the combates successe.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule.
    • Lexicographers are sticklers for correct language.

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Proper noun capitalized: Sticklers

Sticklers

  1. (plural) plural of Stickler

Questions about sticklers

What is sticklers the plural of?
Sticklers is the plural of stickler.
What part of speech is sticklers?
Sticklers is a proper noun.

Words near sticklers in the dictionary

  1. Sticklepath
  2. stickler
  3. Stickler syndrome
  4. sticklerish
  5. sticklerism
  6. sticklers
  7. stickles
  8. stickless
  9. sticklewort
  10. Stickley
  11. Stickleys

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