(~s)
If you describe someone as a ~, you mean that they believe in making people obey strict rules of behaviour and in punishing severely anyone who disobeys.
He has a reputation for being a strict ~.
= authoritarian
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(~s)
If you describe someone as a ~, you mean that they believe in making people obey strict rules of behaviour and in punishing severely anyone who disobeys.
He has a reputation for being a strict ~.
= authoritarian
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012