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Stickler
Stickler Stic"kler (st[i^]k"kl[~e]r), n. [See Stickle, v. t.] One who stickles. Specifically: (a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire. [Obs.] Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey. --Sir P. Sidney. Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise. --Dryden. (b) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony. The Tory or High-church were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James II. --Swift.

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- Matthias Stickler (born 31 May 1967) is a German historian. Born in Aschaffenburg, Stickler attended the Karl-Theodor-von-Dalberg-Gymnasium [de] in Aschaffenburg...
- Alfons Maria Stickler SDB (23 August 1910 – 12 December 2007) was an Austrian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archivist and Librarian...
- Angus Stickler (born 1964) was the lead reporter for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism until his resignation in December 2012. In 2006 he was named...
- Gunnar B. Stickler (13 June 1925 – 4 November 2010) was a pediatrician who made substantial contributions to the field of pediatrics. He was the first...
- Friedrich Stickler (born 18 April 1949, in Vienna) is an Austrian manager and football administrator. He is Deputy Director General of the Austrian lotteries...
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