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What is the noun for stickler?

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stickler
  1. (now only Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play. [from 16th c.]
  2. Someone who insistently advocates for something. [from 17th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She was a stickler for formality and any transgression against the rules and regulations angered her.”
      “This biology teacher was a stickler for discipline, and if one happened to be in the hallways during class time, the sight of a student carrying a chair held to his posterior might be observed.”
      “Of late, he has been a prolific writer on the subject, thereby helping to solve this stickler of a problem that faces our profession these current days.”
sticklerism
  1. The behaviour of a stickler; inflexible adherence to rules.
sticklers
  1. plural of stickler
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Now, no men are greater sticklers for the arbitrary dominion of genius and talent than your artists.”
      “They are terrible sticklers for convention and even etiquette in other people.”
      “Curiously enough, the Mangaians seem to be sticklers for primogeniture.”
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