Meaning Stickler
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Stickler1. Stickler, Gunnar B.. 2. Stickler syndrome. 3. With a small s, someone who insists upon some matter such as promptness, neatness, or knowing the exact year Stickler described the syndrome named after him.
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SticklerGerman-American pediatrician Gunnar B. Stickler (1925-) who first described the genetic disorder of collagen known today as Stickler syndrome. After graduating in medicine in Munich, Dr. Stickler emigrated in 1951 to the USA. He worked for many years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he saw a 12-year-old boy with bony enlargement of [..]
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Stickler1530s, "moderator, umpire," agent noun from stickle "mediate" (1520s), probably a frequentative of Middle English stighten "to arrange, place," from Old English stihtan & [..]
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Stickler an arbitrator in combats.
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Stickler(n) someone who insists on something
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SticklerOne who obstinately maintains some custom or opinion; as a stickler for Church government. (See below.)
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Stickler
(now,_|only|_|Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.something. from 17th c.
''Lexicographers are sticklers for correct language.''
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