About The Word Martinet
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Martinet
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What's The Definition Of Martinet?
[n] someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
Synonyms | Synonyms for Martinet: disciplinarian | moralist Related Terms | Find terms related to Martinet: absolute monarch | absolute ruler | all-powerful ruler | arrogator | autarch | autocrat | caesar | commissar | czar | despot | dictator | disciplinarian | driver | duce | hard master | oligarch | oppressor | pharaoh | Simon Legree | slave driver | stickler | tyrant | usurper | warlord See Also | authoritarian | dictator | stickler Martinet In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\Mar"ti*net`\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) The martin. |
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