"stickler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪk.lə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stickler.wav Forms: sticklers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English stighteler, stytelere, equivalent to stickle + -er. The judges at Cornish wrestling matches do indeed carry sticks which serve for signalling and as a badge of their office. This practice has evolved from holding swords and then swordsticks. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stighteler}} Middle English stighteler, {{af|en|stickle|-er}} stickle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} stickler (plural sticklers)
  1. (now only Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play. Tags: Cornwall Categories (topical): People
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  2. Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: dogmatist, formalist, pedant, traditionalist Translations (someone who insistently advocates for something): привърженик (privǎrženik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hnidopich [masculine] (Czech), pedant [masculine] (Czech), tatillon (French), pointilleux (French), Pedant (German), Verfechter [masculine] (German), ψείρας (pseíras) [masculine] (Greek), szőrszálhasogató (Hungarian), kukacoskodó (Hungarian), szőröző (Hungarian), valamin lovagoló (ember) (Hungarian), pedáns (Hungarian), pignolo [masculine] (Italian), pedant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regelrytter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pedant [masculine] (Polish), pedantka [feminine] (Polish), приве́рженец (privérženec) [masculine] (Russian), я́рый сторо́нник (járyj storónnik) [masculine] (Russian), sitničar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cjepidlaka [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sitničavac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rigorista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), tiquismiquis [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), pedant [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stickler-en-noun-Gi03kcHt Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'someone who insistently advocates for something': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stickle

Inflected forms

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        "3": "-er"
      },
      "expansion": "stickle + -er",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stighteler, stytelere, equivalent to stickle + -er. The judges at Cornish wrestling matches do indeed carry sticks which serve for signalling and as a badge of their office. This practice has evolved from holding swords and then swordsticks.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Cornish English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The New Arcadia",
          "ref": "c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Second Booke] Chapter 1”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 105, recto:",
          "text": "Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1658, John Dryden, Stanza to Oliver Cromwell:",
          "text": "Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, / First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play."
      ],
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        ],
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          "adjudicator"
        ],
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          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "duel",
          "duel"
        ],
        [
          "fair play",
          "fair play"
        ]
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        "(now only Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play."
      ],
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        "Cornwall"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Lexicographers are sticklers for correct language.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:",
          "text": "The Tory or High-church were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James II.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers:",
          "text": "\"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern,\" Remsberg writes, \"not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 12",
          "text": "For the sticklers, here \"final demand\" is meant to include inventory investment."
        }
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        "Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule."
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        {
          "word": "dogmatist"
        },
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          "word": "formalist"
        },
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          "word": "pedant"
        },
        {
          "word": "traditionalist"
        }
      ]
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        "UK"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "privǎrženik",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "привърженик"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnidopich"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "tatillon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "pointilleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "Pedant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfechter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pseíras",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψείρας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "szőrszálhasogató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "kukacoskodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "szőröző"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "valamin lovagoló (ember)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "valamihez szigorúan/mereven ragaszkodó (ember)",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "word": "pedáns"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pignolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regelrytter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pedantka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privérženec",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приве́рженец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "járyj storónnik",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́рый сторо́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sitničar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cjepidlaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sitničavac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rigorista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiquismiquis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who insistently advocates for something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pedant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stickler"
}

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