stickler

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English - Turkish
kılı kırk yaran kişi
disiplini seven
{i} inatçı

O, ilkeleri için gerçek bir inatçıydı. - He was a real stickler for his principles.

inatçı kimse
{i} tutucu kimse
{i} for (belirli bir konuda) titizlik gösteren kimse
{i} titiz kimse

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stickler for
çok titiz
English - English
A referee in a Cornish wrestling bout
One who is extremely fussy or particular; one who insists on precision or correctness

Lexicographers are sticklers for correct language.

{n} one who takes part in a contest
One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire
someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness
One who stickles
One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony
{i} one who is insistent; something that is difficult or perplexing
someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness"
If you are a stickler for something, you always demand or require it. Lucy was a stickler for perfection, and everything had to be exactly right. be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc to think that rules etc are very important and that other people should think so too (stickle (16-20 centuries), from stightle (13-15 centuries), from stihtan)

Related Terms

be a stickler
{f} be insistent, be persistent
sticklers
plural of stickler
stickler
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