'Martinet' definitions:
Definition of 'martinet'
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noun
Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
Definition of 'Martinet'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Martinet'
From: GCIDE
- Martinet \Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zool.) The martin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'martinet'
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