Definitions
someone who insists on something
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“In ancient time they were wont to employ third persons as sticklers, to see no treachery or disorder were used, and to beare witnes of the combates successe.”
“Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey.”
The New Arcadia“Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, / First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rules perfectionist”8 letters
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