Definitions for: Martinet

[n] someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: disciplinarian, moralist

See Also: authoritarian, dictator, stickler

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