Stickler

['stɪklə]

Definition

(noun.) someone who insists on something; 'a stickler for promptness'.

Checker: Mitchell--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) One who stickles.

(v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.

(v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.

Typist: Lucas

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Pertinacious person.

Editor: Winthrop