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stickler
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st?k.l?/
Noun
stickler (plural sticklers)
- (now only Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play. [from 16th c.]
- 1658, John Dryden, Stanza to Oliver Cromwell
- 1658, John Dryden, Stanza to Oliver Cromwell
- Someone who insistently advocates for something. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: dogmatist, formalist, pedant, traditionalist
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
Related terms
- stickle
Translations
Anagrams
- strickle, ticklers, trickles
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stickles
English
Verb
stickles
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stickle
Anagrams
- Stickels, slickest, tickless
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