disciplinarian
dis i pli ne ree uhn
- n someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- What weighed against Sister Frederick was her age, poor health and a reputation for being a stern disciplinarian.
- It is with another teacher, Barbara (Judi Dench), who is their school's battle-ax--cruel disciplinarian, cynical commentator on the hopelessness of its lower-class student body and .
- Rather than appearing as a tyrannical madman, Li emerges in the documents as a solid party disciplinarian, true to his principles.