stickler

n.

1. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness.
2. Something puzzling or difficult.

IN BRIEF: A person who insists on exactness in the observance of something.

When playing a game, he is a stickler for the rules.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who insists on something

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vanskeligt problem

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeer precies iemand, puzzel

Français (French)
n. - personne à cheval sur (qch), casse-tête

Deutsch (German)
n. - Person, die es mit etwas sehr genau nimmt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) σχολαστικός, ψείρας, ισχυρογνώμων

Italiano (Italian)
fermo sostenitore, pignolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa insistente (f)

Русский (Russian)
ярый сторонник, защитник, трудный вопрос, загвоздка

Español (Spanish)
n. - rigorista, rompecabezas, problema peliagudo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pedant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
坚持己见的人, 困难的问题

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 堅持己見的人, 困難的問題

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 까다로운 사람, 난제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - やかまし屋, 難問, 難題

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مفرط بالتمسك بالشكليات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קפדן, עומד בתוקף על‬

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