0 a person who thinks that a particular type of behaviour is very important, and always follows it or tries to make other people follow it:
He's a stickler for detail/accuracy/efficiency.
1 someone who believes in closely following rules or in maintaining a high standard of behavior:
He was a stickler for the recommendations of the committee.
These judges are great sticklers for the nicer points of procedure.
At the same time, he was a stickler for discipline and for military etiquette, modest at all times, yet dignified as well.
I am not a stickler for uniformity by any means.
I am a great stickler for what is set out in those manifestos.
He must refer to him in the third person if he wants to be a stickler.
These officers should be sticklers for justice for the men and women under them, yet they allow this grossly unfair treatment to continue.
I am not a stickler for consistency.
