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.

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