Definition of Sticklir
Stic"kler (st&ibreve;k"kl&etilde;r), n.
[See Stickle, v. t.] One who
stickles. Specifically: --
(a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a
fencer; a second; an umpire. [Obs.]
Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and
trumpets whom the others should obey. Sir P.
Sidney.
Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the
war,
First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.
Dryden.
(b) One who pertinaciously contends for some
trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate
contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
The Tory or High-church were the greatest
sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James
II. Swift.
Stic"kler (st&ibreve;k"kl&etilde;r), n.
[See Stickle, v. t.] One who
stickles. Specifically: --
(a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a
fencer; a second; an umpire. [Obs.]
Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and
trumpets whom the others should obey. Sir P.
Sidney.
Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the
war,
First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.
Dryden.
(b) One who pertinaciously contends for some
trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate
contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
The Tory or High-church were the greatest
sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James
II. Swift.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who is extremely fussy or particular; one who insists on precision or correctness
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