1. (n.) One who stickles.
2. (n.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
3. (n.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
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