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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

discipliner en · NOUN

Etymology

From discipline + -er.

Meanings

  1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
    form of discipline
    • [T]he punisher believes that the suffering she inflicts "somehow offsets" the (perceived) wrongdoing, but even the indignant discipliner (if suffering is what the discipliner inflicts) simply in order to attain a result: in order to educate, prevent, and so on. 2006, Leo Zaibert, Punishment and Retribution, page 33:

Forms

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Synonyms

punisher · disciplinarian