stickler
noun
stick·ler
| \ ˈsti-k(ə-)lər
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The directors weren’t Audubon sticklers, though, and monikers could include cartoons like Tweety or Zazu from The Lion King. — Katy Hershberger, Longreads, "Losing My Religion at Christian Camp," 8 Aug. 2019 Friends called Beau, a stickler for rules, the Sheriff. — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, "Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Campaign?," 1 July 2019 Linscott is not being a stickler; frozen custard is not ice cream. — CBS News, "Frozen custard: Summer's hottest snack," 30 June 2019 But, crucially, Mendeleev wasn’t a huge stickler for his own rules. — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, "Everything Worth Knowing About The Periodic Table," 26 June 2019 Designer Coco Chanel wasn’t much of a stickler for intellectual property law herself. — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, "Every invention you use has one thing in common," 18 June 2019 She was described by family as intelligent, organized, practical, inquisitive, a stickler for proper grammar, a survivor in difficult situations, and a gentlewoman. — Bonnie L. Cook, https://www.inquirer.com, "Gladys Palmer Bewley O’Brien, 96, former director of the Haddonfield Public Library," 5 June 2019 Owner Lê, a sartorial stickler, says the shorts must be dressy – no gym or athletic apparel. — Michael Klein, Philly.com, "Let's Eat: A chef surfaces in Chesco; LaBan delivers cold dessert truths," 3 July 2018 Adjacent to his particular passions and hobbies and convictions, the Weird Dad is also a twinkly-eyed stickler. — Jen Gann, The Cut, "Watching My Husband Become a Weird Dad," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stickler.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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stickler
noun
English Language Learners Definition of stickler
: a person who believes that something is very important and should be done or followed all the time
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