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martinet |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf {Martin} the bird, {Martlet}.] In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) The martin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: martinet n : someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: {disciplinarian}, {moralist}]
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