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STICKLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stickler mean?
• STICKLER (noun)
The noun STICKLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who insists on something
Familiarity information: STICKLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who insists on something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
a stickler for promptness
Hypernyms ("stickler" is a kind of...):
disciplinarian; martinet; moralist (someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms)
Derivation:
stickle (dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points))
Context examples
Minnie had always been a stickler.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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