Stick'ler, n.
n. [See STICKLE, v. t.] 1. One who stickles; as, (a.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
Basil[i]us, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey. Sidney.
(b.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling thing; a contender.
The tory or high church clergy were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James. Swift.
Sense 2. An officer who cut wood for the priory of Ederose, within the king’s parks of Clarendon. [Eng.] [Obs.] Covell.