| Disciplinarian 1. (a.) Pertaining to discipline. 2. (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar. 3. (n.) A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. Thesaurus Entries Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant, usurper, warlord |